xxiv CONTENTS. 



LIMICOL^ (WADERS). p^^, p^,,„ 



Curlew 56 19 



Whimbrel 59 



Black-tailed Godwit 59 — 



Redshank 59 20 



Greenshank 62 — 



Wood Sandpiper 62 — 



Common Sandpiper ' . 62 21 



Ruff 64 



Dunlin 65 



Snipe 65 22 



Woodcock 68 23 



Red-necked Phalarope 71 — 



Avocet 72 — 



Oyster-Catcher 72 24 



Golden Plover 74 25 



Lapwing, or Peewit 78 26 



Dotterel 81 



Ringed Plover 81 27 



Kentish Plover 86 — 



Stone Curlew, Norfolk Plover, or Thick-Knee ... 87 28 



Nidifugous Nestlings 89 29 



GRALL^ (RAILS, &c.). 



Great Bustard 91 



Crane 91 — 



Landrail, or Corncrake 92 30 



Water-Rail 94 31 



Moorhen, or Waterhen 96 32 



Coot 100 33 



GALLINiE (' GAME-BIRDS '). 



Red-Grouse 102 34 



Ptarmigan 107 35 



Blackcock, or Black-Grouse 110 36 



Capercaillie 113 37 



Pheasant 115 38 



Partridge 118 39 



Red-legged Partridge 119 — 



Quail 120 — 



PTEROCLETES (SAND-GROUSE), 



Pallaa's Sand-Grouse 121 — 



