xiv CONTENTS. 



FULICARI^L 



RALLID^E. 



PAGE 



Grex pratensis. Land Rail . . 137 



Porzana maruetta. Spotted Crake . 



,, parva. Little Crake 



bailloni. Baillon's Crake . .154 



Rallus aquations. Water Rail . . . 159 



Gallinula chloropus. Moor-Hen . 164 



Fulica atra. Common Coot . . . 171 



ALECTORIDES. 



GRUIDJE. 



Grus communis. Crane . . 178 



Otis tarda. Great Bastard . . 193 



tetrax. Little Bustard ..... 216 

 ,, macqueeni. Macqueen's Bustard 



LIMICOL^E. 



CEDICNEMID^i. 



(Edicnemus scolopax. Stone-Curlew .... 225 



GLAEEOLID^. 



Glareola pratincola. Collared Pratincole . . . 231 



CHARADEITD^. 



Cursorius gallicus. Cream-coloured Courser . . 238 



Eudromias morineUus. Dotterel .... 246 

 ^Effialitis hiaticula. Ringed Plover . . . .257 



curonica. Little Ringed Plover . . 262 



,, cantiana. Kentish Plover .... 267 



Charadrius pluvialis. Golden Plover . . . 271 



Squatarola helvetica. Grey Plover .... 278 



Vanellus vulgaris. Lapwing ..... 283 

 Strepsilas interpres. Turnstone . . . .289 



Hcematopus ostralegus. Oyster-Catcher . . . 294 



