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Genus CICONIA ................................ 524 



Ciconia alba. White Stork .................... 37. 525 



- nigra. Black Stork ...................... 37. 529 



Family RALLID53 ............................ 



Genus CREX ...................................... 



Grex pratensis. Corn-Crake .................... 23. 



- porzana. Spotted Crake .................. 23. 



- bailloni. Baillon's Crake .................. 23. 



- parva. Little Crake .................... 23. 



Genus RALLUS ................... . .............. 551 



Rallus aquaticus. Water-Rail .................. 23 552 



Genus GALLINULA ...................... . ......... 556 



Gallinula chloropus. Waterhen ................ 23. 557 



Genus FULICA .................................... 563 



Fulica atra. Common Coot .................... 23. 564 



Family aKUHUE ................................ ses 



Genus GRUS . ..................................... 568 



Grus cinerea. Common Crane ...... ............ 36. 570 



i - virgo. Demoiselle Crane ................ 36. 575 



Family OTIDID-ffi ................................ 579 



Genus OTIS ...................................... 580 



Otis tarda. Great Bustard ...... , ............. 22. 581 



- tetraae. Little Bustard .................. 22. 587 



- macqueeni. Macqueen's Bustard .......... 21. 591 



Genus (EDICNEMUS .............................. 595 



(Edicnemus crepitans. Stone-Curlew ............ 21. 596 



