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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Common Coot, .... 2217 



Senegal Finfoot, .... 2218 



Group of Bustards, . . . 2219 



Little Bustard in Breeding Plumage, . 2222 



Arabian Bustard, .... 2224 



Common Thicknee, . 2227 



Brazilian Seriema, . . . 2229 



Trumpeter, .... 2231 



Common Crane, .... 2J33 



Sun Bittern, . . . 2237 



Common Pratincole, . . 2241 



Black-Backed Courser, . . 2243 



Ringed Plover, .... 2245 



Common Lapwing, . . . 2250 



Egyptian Spur-Winged Lapwing, . 2252 



Head of Chilian Stilt, . . . 2254 



Avocets, ..... 2256 



Common Oyster Catcher, . . 2258 



Common Curlew, .... -259 



Gray Phalarope, . . . 2261 



Ruffs and Reeves, . . . 2262 



Bar-Tailed Godwit, . . . 2263 



Common Turnstone, . . . 2264 



Knot Sandpiper, . , . . . . 2266 



Woodcock in Covert, . . . 2269 



Woodcock and Nest, . . 2270 



Common Snipe, .... 2271 



A Family of Wilson's Snipe, . . 2272 



Brazilian Jacana, .... -274 



Common Sheath Bill, . . . 2275 



Latreille's Seed Snipe, . . . 2275 



Young Gulls covered with Down, . 2276 



Head of Broad-Billed Tern, . . 2279 



Common Tern, . . . 2280 



Black Skimmer, . . . 2281 



Black-Headed Gull, . . . 2282 



Common Gull, , . . . 2283 



Herring Gull, . . . . 2283 



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Lesser Black-Backed Gull, . . 2284 



Kittiwakes Nesting, . . . 2286 



Pomatorhine Skua, . . . 2287 



Albatrosses Nesting, . . , 2291 



The Giant Petrel, .... 2293 

 Fulmar Petrels, .... 2295 

 Cape Petrels Swimming, . . 2298 



Storm Petrels on the Waves, . . 2299 



Great Auk, .... 2303 



Common Guillemots, . . . 2305 



Little Auks, .... 2307 



Head of Tufted Auk, . . 2307 



Knob-Billed Auks, . . . 2308 



Head of Whiskered Puffin, . 2308 



Common Puffin, .... 2309. 

 Great Northern Diver, . . . 2309 



Haunt of the Black-Throated Diver, . 2311 

 Crested Grebe, .... 2314 

 Metatarsal Bone of Penguin, . . 2316 



Rock Hopper Penguins, . . . 2317 



Group of Black-Footed Penguins, . 2319 



Humboldt's Penguin, . . . 2320 



Great Tinamu or Martineta, . . 2323 



Pentland's Tinamu, . . . 2324 



Skull of Giant Flightless Patagonian 



Bird, ... 

 Breastbone of a Ratite Bird, 

 Ostriches Feeding, 

 Head of Common Rhea, . 

 Head of Long-Billed Rhea, 

 Australian Cassowary, 

 Skull of Australian Cassowary, . 

 Emeu and Chicks, 



Emeu Resting, .... 

 Kiwi Feeding, .... 

 Skeleton of Short-Legged Moa, . 

 Leg Bones of Short-Legged Moa, 

 Skeleton of Lizard-Tailed Bird, . 



