LIST OF PLATES. 



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LIX. Scaup Duck ... 16 



LX. Long-tailed Duck 27 



LXI. Harlequin Duck.... ... ... ... ... ... 31 



LXIL Eider Duck 37 



LXIIL Surf Scoter 49 



LXIV. Red-breasted Merganser 61 



LXV. Purple Heron (Frontispiece) 



LXVI. Common Heron.... ... ... ... ... ... 69 



LXVIL Little Egret 77 



LXVIIL Little Bittern 89 



LXIX. Common Bittern. 93 



LXX. White Stork 97 



LXXL Glossy Ibis 105 



LXXII. Spoon-bill 109 



LXXIII. Common Crane 113 



LXXIV. Great Bustard 117 



LXXV. Little Bustard 121 



LXXVI. Stone Curlew 127 



LXXVIL Pratincole 133 



LXXVIII. Ringed Plover 159 



LXXIX. Lapwing 171 



LXXX. Turn-stone 177 



LXXXL Oyster-catcher 181 



LXXXII. Avocet 185 



LXXXIII. Black-winged Stilt 189 



LXXXIV. Grey Phalarope 193 



LXXXV. Wood-Cock 205 



LXXXVL Jack Snipe 221 



LXXXVIL Dunlin 229 



LXXXVIIL Ruff. 273 



LXXXIX. Fig. i. Common Sandpiper. 



Fig. 2. Spotted Sandpiper 283 



XC Spotted Red-shank 295 



XCL Black tailed God wit 313 



XCIL Common Curlew 317 



XCIII. Nestlings 329 



