CONTENTS. 



PiUE 



Sub-Family PHASIANIN.*: ; PHEASANTS 4C4 



Argus Pheasant Anjiis giganteus 4(H 



Pheasant Phasianus colchlcus 465 



Sub-Family GALLING : 



Golden Pheasant Oallophasis (or Thaumalea) 



picta 467 



Bankiva Jangle Fowl-Gaflus Banktva 471 



Horned Trapogan Ccriornts tatyra 473 



Sub-Family MELEAGKIN.E ; TURKEYS 473 



Turkey Meleaqrig gallopavo 473 



Guinea Fowl Numlda pucherani 477 



Sub-Family LOPHOPHORIN.* : 



Impeyan Pheasant Lophophorus impeyanus.. 478 



Family TETRAONID/E ; Sub-Family PERDICIN^E 479 



Partridge Perdu cinerens 479 



Red-Legged Partridge Caccabterufa 481 



Sanguine Francolin Hhwiinls crutntus 482 



Quail Coturnlx cnmmunit 482 



Sub-Family ODONTOPHORiNvB : 



Virginian Quail-Ortyx vtrglniana 484 



Sub-Family TETRAONIN, : 



Capercaillie Tetran urngalliis 487 



Willow Grouse Lagopug albus 495 



Sub Family PTEROCLINJE : 



Sand Grouse Ptcrocles erustus 498 



Family CHIONID^B ; Sub-Family CHIONIDIN.S ; SHEATH- 

 BILLS 409 



White Sheath-Bill Chionis alba 499 



Family TINAMID^ ; TINAMOUS 499 



Elegant Tinau ou Tiruimotis elcgans 499 



Order STRUTHIONES; OR RUNNING BIRDS 501 



Family STRUTHIONID> ; Sub-Family STRUTHIONIN<E : 



Ostrich Struthio camelus 501 



Emeu Dromalus novce hollandice 504 



If hi'.-i Rhea nmerirann 505 



Cassowary Couarii galeatus . . 507 



Sub-Family APTERYGIN,E : 



Apteryx Apteryx australis 511 



Sub-Family OTININ^K : 



Great Bustard Otis tarda 514 



Order GRALL^; OB LONG-LEGGED BIRDS 514 



Family CHARADRIAD^E : Sub Family (EDICNEMIN.* : 



Great Plover CEdlcnemus crepitans 517 



Sub-Family GLAREOLIN.S : 



Pratincole Olareola pratincola 518 



Sub-Family CURSORIN.*: 



Crem-Color-d Courser Cursnrius gallicut, or 

 Hy-is cegyptin 519 



Sub-Family CHARADRIN.* : 

 Lapwing VunrUiM 

 Golden Plover Charadrlus pluvia'.lt 



Lapwing_- VonrUys cristatus 519 



Sub-family H^EMATOPODIN^E : 



Oyster-Catcher llcein/atopus ostralegus 529 



Sub Family CINCLINJS : 



Turnstone Hindus interpres 531 



Family AISDKI n.i: ; Sub-Family PSOPHIN> : 



Goldeu-Brea-Oed Trumpeter Psophla crcpttant 532 

 Cariama Carlama cristnta, or JJlchnlophus 

 crltatus 533 



Sub-Family GRUIN^E : 



Crane Oru dnerea 533 



Demoiselle Crane Scops (or Anthropoides) 



virgo 535 



Crowned Crane Balearica pavonina 538 



Sub-Family ARDEIN^ : 



American Egret Herodias alba egretta, or 



Arden egretta 537 



Bittern Butnurut stellarig 545 



Nankeen Night-Heron Nvcticorax caledonimw 549 



Boat Bill Cancroma cochlearea 550 



Spoonbill Platalea leucorodta 551 



Sub-Family CicoifrNjK ; STORKS : 



Stork Ciconln allui 553 



Adjutant Leptoptllus crnmcntfer 553 



Jabtrux M ticteria scnegnlengig 555 



Whale-Headed Stork Balcentcepg rex 557 



Vot. IV.-N. B. 



Sub-Family TANTALIN^E; IBIS 559 



Sacred Ibis llris aethiopica 559 



Straw Necked Ibis Qcronticus Kiiinicollte 560 



Family SCOLOPACID^ ; Sub-Familu LIMOSIN^E 562 



Curlew Numeniii.? arquntus 562 



Black-Tailed Godwit Limosd (crjoccphala 565 



Sub-Familu TOTANIN^E ; SANDPIPERS 568 



Green Sandpiper Totan us ochropug 568 



Common Sandpiper Tringoldes hypoleucu 569 



Sub-Family RECURVIROSTRINYE : 



Avocet Recu rvirostra avocetta 569 



Stilt Plover Bimantopus candidus 570 



Sub-Famili/ TRINGIN^: : 



Ruff Phllomnchus (or Machetes) pugnax 571 



Knot Trlnga oanutus 571 



'Sub-Family SCOLOPACIN. : 



Great Sntpe 0aUino0o major 575 



Woodcock Scolopnx rusticola 577 



Sub-Family PHALAROPOPIN^ : 



Gray Phalarope I'luilaropug fulicarius 578 



Family PALAMEDEID^E; Sub-Family PARRIN^E: 



Mexican .lacana Purra riymnnstorna 578 



Chinese Jacana Hydrttphaittanus chtnensls 579 



Sub-Fam,ily PALAMEDEIN^E ; SCREAMERS 580 



Horned Screamer Palameddea cornuta 580 



Crested Screamer Chan na crtstatus 581 



Family RALLID^E ; RAILS; Sub- Family RALLIN.S 581 



Water Rail Rallu* aqiiattcus 581 



Corncrake Ortyijomefra crex 585 



Sub-Family GALLINULIN.* : 



Hyacinthine Gallinule Porphyrtn veterum 586 



Water Hen Gallinula chloropus 587 



Coot Fulica atra 589 



Order ANSERES ; THE GOOSE, SWAN, DUCK, ETC. . . 590 



Family ANATID.E ; Sub- Family PHCENICOPTERIN.*: : 



Flamingo Phceni&ipterus ruber 590 



Sub-Family PLECTROPTERIN^E : 



Spur-Wingeil Goose Plectrophanes gambcnsis. 592 

 Cape Barren Goose -Cereopsts (or Anser> m>vce 



hollandice 593 



Bernicle Goose Bernicla leucopsis 594 



Sub-Family CYGNIN^B : 



MuteSwan ( 'ygntis olor 597 



Sub-Family ANATIN^E ; TRUE DUCKS 601 



Mandarin Duck Aix gnlerlculata 601 



Widgeon Mnrecn penelope 601 



Mallard Anas Imschil8 603 



Teal Querquedula crecca 603 



Shoveller Duck Spatula clypeata 605 



Sub-Family FULIGULIN^B 606 



Pochard Dun-Bird Nyroca terlna 606 



Common Duck Somaterta mollissima 610 



Sub-Family MERGING 612 



Goosander Mergits mcrgauser 612 



Smew Mergelliis albellus 612 



Family COLYMBID.E ; DIVERS ; Sub-Family COLYMBIN^E 613 

 Great Northern Diver Colymbus glacialis 613 



Sub-Family PooicEViN^E ; GREBES 614 



Great Crested Grebe Podlceps crlstatu 614 



family ALCID.B; Suli-Family ALCIN^E : AUKS 615 



Great AukAIca (or Planlus) impennis 615 



Puffin Fratercula arctica 616 



Sub-Family SPHENISCIN^ ; PENGUINS 617 



King Penguin Aptenodytes pcnnantli 617 



Sub-Family URIN^E 618 



Guillemot Urla trotte 618 



Family PROCELLARID^E ; Sub-Family PROCELLARIN^E ; 



PETRELS 61 8 



Stormy Petrel-- Thalaxsidroma pelagica 618 



Fulmar Petrel Procellaria glacialis 619 



Sub-Family DIOMEDEIN/J 620 



Wandering Albatross Diomedea exulans 620 



Family LARID^B; Sub-Family LARINA; GULLS 621 



Skua Gull Stercorarius catarrhactes.orMegal- 



estris skua 621 



Common Gull. .Larus canus 623 



Ki' tiwake Gull Rissa trydactyla 623 



Sub-Family RHYNCOPIN,* : 



Scissor-Bill Rhyncops nigra 024 



