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Bustards, which are stuffed with straw 

 and stuck upon sticks." 



This Bustard is the so-called " wild- 

 turkey" of the Shanghai markets. 



ORDER.— GHARADRIIFORMES, PLOVER-LIKE 

 BIRDS. 



This order is comprised of the 

 typical Plover-like birds, the Gulls and 

 and Terns and their allies, and the 

 Pigeons, which are terrestrial in their 

 habits. The reasons for connecting 

 groups of such different appearance 

 and habits are almost entirely 

 anatomical. 



Distinctive characteristics can best 

 be given under each family. 



Family, Charadriidae, Plovers, Snipe, etc. 



This family is composed of wading 

 birds frequenting the marshes or 

 shores of bodies of water. They 

 have mostly rather long necks, slender 

 legs, long slender bills, short 

 wings and tails and a dull colored or 

 streaked plumage. 



GREY LAPWING. 



MICROSARCOPS CINEREUS (bLYTH) 



(Chettusia cinerea Blyth) 



(Lobivanellus cinereus Blyth). 



Description. — Length 151 inches. 

 Bill lemon yellow, tipped black. Legs 

 deep orange yellow. Iris red. Eyelids 

 bare, yellow. There is a line of bare 

 yellow skin from the eye to the 

 gape and a yellow, leaf-shaped plate 

 of skin on either side at the base of 

 the bill. 



The whole head above and below is 

 greyish slate color. The neck, back, 

 rump, and inner tertials are a light 



