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EGRETS, . . . . . .132 



Little Egret. 



Egretta garzetta. Plate IV. . . 133 



Great White Egret, E. alba, . . .134 



Buff-Backed Egret, E. russata, . . 136 



Squacco Heron, E. ralloides, . . .138 



BITTERNS, . . . . .140 



Little Bittern, Ardeola minuta, . . .140 

 Common Bittern. 



Butor stellaris. Plate V. . . .143 



American Bittern, Butor Icntiginosus, . . 147 



NIGHT-HERONS, . . . . . . 150 



Common Night-Heron. 



Nycticorax Gardenii. Plate VI. . 151 



STORKS, ..... 155 



White Stork. 



Ciconia alba. Plate VII. 



Black Stork, Ciconia nigra^ . . .158 



SPOONBILLS, . . . . .159 



White or European Spoonbill. 



Plataka leucorodia. Plate VIII. . . 160 



CRANES, . . . . . .162 



Common Crane. 



Grus cinerea. Plate IX. . . .163 



TANTALID^, 165 



Glossy Ibis. 



Ibisfaldnellus. Plate X. . . . 166 



SCOLOPAClDjE, 168 



Woodcock. 



Scolopax rusticola. Plate XI. . . .170 



Sabine's Snipe, Scolopax Sabinii, . . 177 



Great Snipe, Scolopax major, . . .178 



Common Snipe, Scolopax gaUinago y . . 179 

 Jack Snipe. 



Scolopax gallinula. Plate XII. . . 1 84 



MACRORHAMPHUS, . . . . .188 



Brown Longbeak, Macrorhamplius griseus^ . 188 



GODWITS, . . . . . .191 



Black-Tailed Godwit. 



Limosa melanura. Plate XIII. . . .192 



Common or Red Godwit, Limosa rufa, . 195 

 TOTANUS, ...... 198 



Dusky Totanus. 



Totanusfuscus. Plate XIV. . . 199 



