TABLE OF CONTENTS, 



OR 



SYSTEMATIC INDEX. 



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INTRODUCTION, 1 



ORDER XIII. CURSITRICES. RUNNERS, 33 



FAMILY XXXII. GRUIN^B. GRUINE BIRDS, OR 



CRANES, 34 



GENUS LXXXIV. Gnus. CRANE, 35 



161. Grus cinerea. Grey Crane, ..... 36 



FAMILY XXXIII. OTIN^E. OTINE BIRDS, OR BUS- 

 TARDS, 37 



GENUS LXXXV. OTIS. BUSTARD, ... 38 



162. Otis Tarda. Great Bustard, 39 



163. Otis Tetrax. Little Bustard, 40 



GENUS LXXXVI. CURSORIUS. COURSER/ .... 41 



164. Cursorius isabellinus. Cream-coloured Courser, . 41 

 GENUS LXXXVII. GLAREOLA. PRATINCOLE, ... 42 



165. Glareola torquata. Collared Pratincole, . . . 43 



FAMILY XXXIV. PLUVIALIN^E. PLUVIALINE 



BIRDS, OR PLOVERS, .... 44 



GENUS LXXXVIII. (EDICNEMUS. THICK-KNEE, . . 45 



166. CEdicnemus crepitans. Stone Thick-knee, . . 46 

 GENUS LXXXIX. PLUVIALIS. PLOVER, .... 47 



167. Pluvialis Squatarola. Grey Plover, ... 48 



168. Pluvialis aurea. Golden Plover, ... 49 



169. Pluvialis Morinellus. Dotterel Plover, ... 50 



GENUS XC. CHARADRIUS. SAND-PLOVER, .... 51 



170. Charadrius Hiaticula. Ringed Sand-Plover, . . 52 



171. Charadrius Cantianus. Kentish Sand-Plover, . . 53 



172. Charadrius minor. Little Ringed Sand-Plover, . 53 



