LIST OF PLATES. 



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LIX. Scaup Duck 16 



LX. Long-tailed Duck 27 



LXI. Harlequin Duck 31 



LXIL Eider Duck 37 



LXIIL Surf Scoter 49 



LXIV. Red-breasted Merganser. ... ... ... ... 6l 



LXV. Purple Heron. ... ... ... ...(Frontispiece) 



LXYI. Common Heron.... ... ... ... ... ... 69 



LXVIL Little Egret 77 



LXVIIL Little Bittern 89 



LXIX. Common Bittern. ... ... ... ... ... 93 



LXX. "White Stork 97 



LXXI. Glossy Ibis 105 



LXXII. Spoon-bill 109 



LXXIIL Common Crane 113 



LXXIV. Great Bustard 117 



LXXV. Little Bustard 121 



LXXVI. Stone Curlew. ... ... ... ... ... ... 127 



LXXVIL Pratincole. 133 



LXXVIIL Ringed Plover 159 



LXXIX. Lapwing.... ... ... ... ... ... 171 



LXXX. Turn-stone 177 



LXXXL Oyster-catcher 181 



LXXXII. Avocet 185 



LXXXIII.- Black-winged Stilt 189 



LXXXIV. Grey Phalaropc 193 



LXXXV. Wood-Cock 205 



LXXXVI. -Jack Snipe 221 



LXXXVIL Dunlin 229 



LXXXVIII. Ruff. 273 



LXXXIX. Fig. I. Common Sandpiper. 



Fig. 2. Spotted Sandpiper. ... ... ... ... 283 



XC. Spotted Red-shank. ... ... ... ... ... 295 



XCL Black-tailed Godwit 313 



XCII. Common Curlew. ... ... ... ... ... 317 



XCIII. Nestlings. ... ... ... ... ... ... 329 



