Suborder GRALL^. 



Family GRUID^. 



COMMON CRANE. Grus communis. 



Rare winter visitor; bred in the fens three or four centuries ago. 

 Breeds in Spain, Central Europe, Turkestan, and Siberia. Winters in 

 North Africa and South Asia. 



DEMOISELLE' CRANE. Grus virgo. 



Accidental visitor ; one British record (Orkneys) . Breeds in Algeria, 

 South Spain, the basins of the Black and Caspian Seas, South-west Siberia, 

 Dauria, and East Mongolia. Winters in Central Africa and India. 



Family TURNICIDi^l. 



ANDALUSIAN HEMIPODE. Turnix sylvatica. 



Supposed to be an accidental visitor ; three British records (Oxfordshire, 

 Yorkshire) , possibly of birds escaped from confinement. Resident in South 

 Spain, South Portugal, and North-west Africa. 



Family PTEROCLID.^. 



PALLAS'S SAND-GROUSE. Syrrhaptes paradoxus. 



Accidental visitor; in 1863 and 1888 in great numbers. Breeds in 

 Siberian Tui'kestan, Mongolia, and Dauria, migrating southwards in 

 autumn from the coldest parts of its range. 



Suborder FULICARIiE, 



Family OTIDIDi?]. 

 GREAT BUSTARD. Otis tarda. 



Rare winter visitor ; was a resident fifty years ago ; unknown in Ireland. 

 Breeds in Southern and Central Europe, Russian Turkestan, and South- 

 west Siberia. Migrates southwards in autumn from the coldest parts of 

 its range. 



