348 APPENDIX. 



Anthropoides Virgo. DEMOISELLE CRANE. 



Ardea Virgo Linnceus, Syst. Nat, 1758, p. 141 : N.Africa. 



Grus virgo (Linn.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 152. 

 Anthropoides virgo SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 1894, p. 269 ; 

 Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 522. 



An example killed in the Orkneys, May 1863 and another 

 picked up dead near Wincanton, Somersetshire ; probably 

 both had escaped from captivity. 



The Demoiselle Crane breeds from southern Europe east- 

 wards to northern China, and winters in north Africa and 

 north-west India. 



Balearica pavonina. CROWNED CRANE. 



Ardea pavonina Linnceiis, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 141 : 

 Africa. 



Balearica pavonina (Linn.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 153 ; 

 Sharpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 1894, p. 272 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 522. 



An example killed in Ayrshire, Sept. 1871, had almost 

 certainly escaped from captivity. 



The Crowned Crane ranges from Senegal to the upper 

 Nile and Abyssinia ; it has seldom strayed to Europe. 



Order CHARADRIIFORMES. 



Family CHARADRIID.E. 



Gallinago delicata. WILSON'S SNIPE. 



Scolopax delicata Ord, Reprint of Wilson's On. ix. 1825, 

 p. ccxviii : Pennsylvania. 



Gallinago wilsoni (Temm.) ; B. O. If. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 166. 

 Gallinago delicata (On?); SJiarpe, Cat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, 

 p. 642. 



