ORDER IV.— GRALLATORES, OR WADING BIRDS. 



FAMILY, ARDEAD^. 



Eggs, three or four. 



No. of Plate. Nomenclature used in British Oology. Nomenclature to be substituted. 



CXIX. 



CIX. 

 CXXI. 



c. 



Ardea purpurea 

 n y cticorax 



cinerea 



Botaurus stellaris 



minutus 



Ciconia alba 

 Platalea leucorodia 



FAMILY, RALLIDM. 



Eggs, from seven to ten in number. 



LXXVII. 



CXXXVIII. 



XXXI. 



V. 



Rallus aquaticus 

 Gallinu]a crex 



Fulica atra 



porzana 

 Baillonii 

 chloropus 



FAMILY, SCOLOPACIDM. 



Eggs usually much pointed at one end ; always four in mimber. 



XXXVIII. Hsematopus ostralegus 



XCVIII. Numenius arquata 



LXIV. phaeopus 



XXXV. Totanus calidris 



CL. glareola 



XII. Tringa hypoleucos 



CXXXI. macularia 



CXLIV. Recurvirostra avocetta 



CXX. Limosa melanura 



Totanus hypoleucos 

 Totanus macularius 



LII. 



CLIII. 



XXXII. 



CXXIV. 



LXXIII. 



CIV. 



LIII. 



Scolopax nisticola 



• major 



gallinago 



Machetes pugnax 

 Tringa variabilis 

 Phalaropus hyperboreus 



lobatus 



Strepsilas coUaris 



