SYSTEMATIC INDEX. 



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Order RALL1FORMES. THE RAILS AND FINFOOTS ... ... 65 



Family RALLIDjE. THE RAILS ... ... ... ... 66 



Subfamily RALLIN.E. THE PLAIN-TOED RAILS ... ... 66 



Genus CBEX, or Crakes ... ... ... ... 66 



Crex pratensis. Corn Crake ... ... ... 67 



porzana. Spotted Crake ... ... 70 



Carolina. Carolina Crake ... ... ... 72 



,, bailloni. Baillon's Crake ... ... ... 74 



parva. Little Crake ... ... ... 76 



Genus RALLUS, or Typical Rails ... ... ... 78 



Rallus aquaticus. Water Rail ... ... ... 79 



Genus GALLINULA, or True Water Hens ... ... 82 



Gallinula chloropus. Water Hen... 



Subfamily FULICIN^;. THE LOBE-TOED RAILS ... ... 86 



Genus FULICA, or Coots ... ... ... ... 86 



Fulica atra. Common Coot ... ... 87 



Order GRU1FORMES. THE CRANES AND THEIR ALLIES ... 90 



Family GRUID^E. THE CRANES ... ... ... ... 91 



Genus GRUS, or Cranes ... ... ... ... 91 



Grus cinerea. Common Crane 



virgo. Demoiselle Crane ... ... ... 95 



Order CHARADRIIFORMES. THE BUSTARDS, PLOVERS, &c. ... 98 



Family OTIDID^E. THE BUSTARDS ... ... ... ... 99 



Genus OTIS, or Typical Bustards ... ... ... 99 



Otis tarda. Great Bustard ... ..100 



tetrax. Little Bustard ... ... 103 



Genus HOUBAHA, or Ruffed Bustards ... ... ... 105 



Houbara macqueeni Macqueen's Bustard... ... 106 



Family (EDICNEMID^. THE STONE CURLEWS ... ... 108 



Genus (EDICNEMUS, or Typical Stone Curlews ... ... 108 



(Edicnemus crepitans. Stone Curlew ... ... 109 



Family CURSORIID.3D. THE COURSERS, PRATINCOLES, ETC. ... 112 



Genus CURSORIUS, or Typical Coursers ... ... 112 



Cursorius gallicus. Cream-coloured Courser ... 113 



Genus GLAREOLA, or Typical Pratincoles ... ... 116 



Glareola pratincola. Common Pratincole ... ... 117 



Family CHARADRIID^}. THE PLOVERS, SANDPIPERS, AND SNIPES 120 



Subfamily H.EMATOPODIN.S:. THE OYSTER-CATCHERS ... 121 



Genus H^MATOPUS, or Oyster-catchers ... ... 121 



Hsematopus ostralegus. Common Oyster-catcher ... 122 



Subfamily CHARADRIINJE. THE TYPICAL PLOVERS ... ... 125 



Genus JEaiALms, or Typical Ringed Plovers ... ... 125 



^Egialitis minor. Little Ringed Plover .. ... 126 



major. Greater Ringed Plover ... ... 129 



