CONTENTS xi 

 Order COLUMB^J. 



PAGR 



WOOD-PIGEON. Columba palumbua ..... 258 



STOCK-DOVE. Columba cenas . . ... . . 261 



ROCK-DOVE. Columba lima, ...... 261 



TUBTLE-DOVE. Turtur communis . . . . . . 262 



Passenger Pigeon. Ectopistes migratorius . . . 264 



Order PTEROCLETES. 



Pallas's Sand-Grouse. Syrrhaptes paradoxus . . . 264 



Order GALLING. 



PHEASANT. Phasianus colchicus ...... 264 



RED-LEGGED PABTBIDGE. Caccabis rufa . . . . 265 



Barbary Partridge. Caccabis petrosa ..... 266 



PAKTBIDGE. Perdix cinerea . . . . . . 267 



QUAIL. Coturnix communis ...... 269 



PTABMIGAN. Lagopus mutus . . . . . . 270 



RED GBOUSE. Lagopus scoticus ...... 272 



BLACK GBOUSE. Tetrao tetrix . . . 4 . 278 



CAPEBCAILLIE. Tetrao urogallus . . . . 275 



Order FULICARL33. 



WATEB-RAIL. Ballus aquaticus . . . . . . 277 



SPOTTED CBAKE. Porzana maruetta ..... 277 



Baillon's Crake. Porzana bailloni . . . , . 278 



Little Crake. Porzana parva ...... 278 



COBN CBAKE. Crex pratensis . . . . . , 278 



MOOBHEN. Gallinula chloropus ...... 279 



COOT. Fulica atra ........ 280 



Order ALECTORIDES. 



Crane. Grus communis ....... 281 



Great Bustard. Otis tarda . . . . . . 281 



Little Bustard. Otis tetrax . . ... 281 



Macqueen's Bustard. Otis macqueeni . * . . . 281 



Order LIMICOL^E. 



STONB-CUBLEW. CEdicnemus scolopax . . . . 282 



Collared Pratincole. Glareola pratincola .... 284 



Cream-coloured Courser. Cursorius gallicus . . . 284 



GOLDEN PLOVEB. Charadrius pluvialis .... 284 



Eastern Golden Plover. Charadrius fulvus . , . - 286 



GBEY PLOVEB. Squatarola helvetica .... 286 



KENTISH PLOVEB. ^gialitis cantiana . . 287 



