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CONTENTS. 



FULICART^. 



RALLIDiE. 



Crex prafensis. Land Rail 

 Porzana maruetta. Spotted Crake 

 ,, parva. Little Crake 

 „ hailloni. Baillon's Crake 

 RaUus oqnaticns. Water Rail . 

 Gallinula chloropus. Moor-Hen 

 IPulica atra. Common Coot 



ALECTORIDES. 



Gruid^. 



Grus communis. Crane 



Otidids. 



Otis tarda. Great Bustard 

 ,, tetrax. Little Bustard 

 ,, macqueeni. Macqueen's Bustard 



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LIMICOL^. 



CEdicnbmid^. 



QSdicnemus scolopax. Stone-Curlew . 



Glareolid^. 



G I areola prafincola. Collared Pratincole . 



ClIARADEIIDiE. 



Cursorius gallicus. Cream-coloured Courser 

 Eadromias morinellus. Dotterel 

 u3Sgialitis Jiiaticula. Ringed Plover . 



Little Ringed Plover 

 Kentish Plover . 

 Golden Plover 

 Grey Plover 

 Lapwing 



,, curonica. 



„ cantiana. 

 Charadrius pluvial is. 

 Sqttatarola helvetica. 

 Vanellus vulr/aris. 



Strepsilas i^iterpres. Turnstone 

 Hcematopus ostralegus. Oyster-Catcher 



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