CONTENTS 



Order COLUMBA. 



PAOB 



WOOD-PIGEON. Columba palumbus ..... 258 



STOCK-DOVE. Columba cenas . . . . . . . 261 



ROCK-DOVE. Columba lima . . . . . 261 



TuKTLE-DovE. Turtur communis . . . . . . 262 



Passenger Pigeon. Ectopistes migratorius .... 264 



Order PTEROCLETES. 



Pallas's Sand-Grouse. Syrrhaptes paradoxus . . . 264 



Order GALLING. 



PHEASANT. Phasianus colchicus ...... 264 



RED-LEGGED PARTRIDGE. Caccabis rufa . . . . . 265 



Bavbary Partridge. Caccabis petrofa ..... 266 



PARTRIDGE. Perdix cinerea . . . . . . . 267 



QUAIL. Coturnix communis ...... 269 



PTARMIGAN. Lagopus mutus . . . . . . . 270 



RED GROUSK. Lagopm scoticus ...... 272 



BLACK GROUSE Tetrao tetrix . . . . . . 273 



C.vi'KiicAiLLiK. Tetrao itroyallns ...... 275 



Order FULICARLE. 



WATER-RAIL. Rallus aquatints . . . . . 277 



SPOTTED CRAKE. Porzana maruetta ..... 277 



Baillon's Crake. Porzana baiUoni . . . . . 278 



Little Crake. Porzana parva ...... 278 



CORNCRAKE. Crex pratemis . . . . . . 278 



MOORHEN. Gallinula chloropus ...... 279 



COOT. Fulica atra . . . . . . 280 



Order ALECTORIDES. 



Crane. Grus communis . . . . . . . 281 



Great Bustard. Otis tarda . . . . . . 281 



Little Bustard. Otis tetrax .... 281 



Mac-queen's Bustard. Otis macqueeni . . . . 281 



Order LIMICOKE. 



STONE-CURLEW. CEdicnemus scolopax . . . . 282 



Collared Pratincole. Glareola pratincola .... 284 



Cream-coloured Courser. Cursorius gallicus . . . . 284 



GOLDEN PLOVER. Charadrius pluvialis ..... 284 



Eastern Golden Plover. Charadrius fulvus . . . . 286 



GREY PLOVER. Squatarola helvetica ..... 286 



KENTISH PLOVER. JEyialitis cantiitna ... . 287 



