LIST OF PLATES. 



To Face 



Plate Page 



I. ScoLOPAX RUSTICOLA. The Woodcock 3 



II. Gallinago SOLITARIA. The Eastern Solitary Snipe 3G 



III. Gallinago NEMOEicoLA. The Wood Snipe 46 



(Gallinago g. gallinago. The Fan-tail Snipe j 



IV. -I .54 



(Gallinago gallinula. The .Jack Snipe ) 



V. ROSTRATULA CAPENSIS. The Painted Snipe 121 



VI. Otis tarda tarda. The Great Bustard ... 140 



VII. Otis TETBAX ORIENTALIS. The Little Eastern Bustard ... loCi 



VIII. EUPODOTIS EDWAKDSI. The Great Indian Bustard IG.j 



IX. Chlamydotis undulata macqueenii. The Houljara or Mac- 

 queen's Bustard ••• ... ... ... ... ... ... 186 



X. Sypheotis AURITA. The Lesser Florican or Likli ... ... 199 



XI. Sypheotis bengalensis. The Bengal Florican 216 



XII. Pteeocles ORIENTALIS. The Large, Imperial, or Black-i)ellied 



Sand-grouse ••• ... ••• ... ... ••• ... 240 



XIII. Pterocles INDICUS. The Painted Sand-grouse ... ... 252 



XIV. Pterocles coronatus atratus. The Coronetted Sand-grouse 26.5 



XV. Pterocles lichtensteini araricus. The Araljian Close- 

 barred Sand-grouse ••• ... ••• ... ••• ... 273 



XVI. Pteroclueus ALCHATUS caudacutus. The Large Pin-tailed 



Sand-grouse ... ... ••• ... ... ••• ... 279 



XVII. PTEROCLURUS SENEGALENSIS ERLANGERI. The Common 



Indian Sand-grouse ... ■•• ••• ... ... ... 293 



