108 



713. The Indian Jacana (Parra Indica, Linn.). 



Fig. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 429. 

 Hob. India. 



Genus SCOLOPAX, Linn. 



714. The Common Woodcock (Scolopax Rusticola, Linn.). (Young.) 



Fig. Cuv. A. K. vol. viii. p. 367. Linn. Syst. Nat. p. 396. 

 Hob. Northern parts of Europe, Asia and Africa. 



Presented by Frank BuckJand, Esq., M.A. 



Order III. CURSORES. 



The Birds comprising this Order are so named from their mode of progression, 

 the shortness of their wings preventing them from performing the function 

 of flight. In other respects many of them agree with the Grallatores. 



Genus APTERYX, Shaw. 



715. The Kiwi or Apteryx (Apteryx Australis, Shaw). (Adult.) 



Fig. Shaw, Nat. Misc. vol. xxiv. pi. 1057. Gould's Birds of Australia, 



vol. vi. pi. 2. 

 Hub. New Holland. 



716. The Kiwi (Apteryx Australis). 

 (In the last stage of incubation.) 



Hab. New Holland. 



Presented by Dr. Acland, Regius Professor of Medicine, Oxford. 



OrderlV. RASORES. 



The Birds comprising this Order are so named from the mode in which they pro- 

 cure their food, which is generally grain and seeds, and these are obtained by 

 scratching. The bill is convex, the upper mandible arched over the lower : 



