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CONTEXTS. 



Family Columbid.f. ; Sub-Family Columbin.e : page 



Oceanic Fruit Pigeon — Carpophaga oceanica 435 



Passenger Pigeon — Fclopistus migratorius 430 



Stork Dove — Golumba aenas 442 



Tup-Knot Pigeon — Lojiholaimus anlarcticus 440 



Turtle-Dove - Turtur vulgaris 440 



Sub-Family Gourin.e : 



Crested Pigeon — Ocyphaps (or Phaps) lojihotes 448 



Bronze-Wing Pigeon — Phaps chaUxiptera 441) 



Wanga-Wonga Pigeon — Leucosarciu picata 450 



Nicobar Pigeon — Salcenas nicobarica . 450 



Crowned Pigeon — Gaura (or t'ohimba coronata 451 



Sub-Family T> I ! > i N i ■ i i.in.k : 



Tooth-Billed Pigeon— Didurwidus strigirostris. 452 



Sub-Family Didix.e : 453 



Dvdo—IKdus ineptus 453 



Order GALLIN^E ; the POULTRY 455 



Family CraCID.E ; Sub-Family Cracix.k: 



Crested Curassow — ( 'rax alector 455 



Family Megapodid.-E ; Sub-Family Megapoliin.e : 



Australian Jungle Fowl — Megapodius tumulus 457 



Leipoa — Leipoa oceliata 458 



Sub-Family Tai.legai.i.ix.e : 



Brush Turkey — Tullegalla lathami. 450 



Family Phasianid.b ; Sub-Family Pavonine ; Peacocks . 462 



Peacock— Pavo cristatus.. . .. 402 



Crested Peacock Pheasant — Polypleclron napoleouis 464 



Sub-Family i'HASiAXIX.E ; PHEASANTS 464 



Argus Pheasant — Argus giganteus 464 



Pheasant — Phasianus colchicus 465 



Sub-Family Ga„eix.f, : 



Golden Pheasant — Gallophasis or Thaumalea) picta. 467 



Bankiva Jungle Fowl — Gallus Bankiva 471 



Horned Trapogan — ( 'eriornis satyra.. . 473 



Sub-Family Meleagrix.e ; Turkeys 473 



Turkey — Meleagris gallopavo 473 



Guinea Fowl —Numida pucherani 477 



Sub-Family Lofhophorin.e : 



Impeyan Pheasant — Lophophorus impeyanus 478 



Family Tetraoxid.e ; Sub-Family Periuci.vk , . 47!) 



Partridge — Perdix cinereus 479 



Red-Legged Partridg< — ' 'accabis rufa 4*1 



Sanguine Francolin — Ithaginis cruentus 482 



Quail — Coturnix communis 4s2 



Sub-Family Ouontophorin.e : 



Virginian Quail — Ortyx virginiana 4S4 



Sub-Family Ietraomn.-k : 



Capercaillie — Telrau urogallus 4S7 



Willow Grouse — Lagopus albus 495 



Sub-Family PteroCLIN.k : 



Sand Grouse — Pterot les exustus 498 



Family Cuioxm.E; Sub-Family Ciiiomiiix.e; Sheath-Bills. 499 

 White Sheath-Bill— Uluonis alba 499 



Family Tixamid.e ; TinaMOUS 499 



Elegant Tinamou — Tinamolis clegans 499 



Order STRUTHIONES ; or RUNNING BIRDS 501 



Family Strutmonid.e ; Sub-Family Strithioxin.e : 



Ostrich — Strulhia camelus 501 



Emeu — Dromaius i<<>i:i hollandixE 504 



Rhea — Rhea americana 505 



Cassowary — Casuarius galeatus 507 



Sub-Family Apteryuix.f : 



Apteryx — Apteryx australis. 511 



Sub-Family Otixid/E : 



Great Bustard— OHs tarda 514 



Order GRALL.E ; or LO\(i-LEGGED BIRDS 514 



Family Cuarahriaii.e ; Sub-Family CEdicnemin/E : 



* ireat Plover — (Edicnemus i repitans 517 



Sub-Family Glareolin/E : 



Pratii le- —Glareola pratincola 518 



Sub-Family ( Yrmhux.-k : 



Cream-Colored Courser — Cursorius gallicus, or Hyas 



agyptia 519 



Sub-Family ( 'u \raorin.e : 



Lapwing -Vanellus ciistatus 519 



Golden Plover— < 'haradriws plwoialis. 521 



Sub-Family II.ematopoiux.f : 



* >yster-Catcher — Hazmatopus ostralegus 529 



Sub-Family Cixci.in.e : 



Turnstone ' i'/u lus interpres 531 



Family Ardeid.e; Sub-Family l'soriiix.F. : 



Golden-Breasted Trumpeter — Psophia crepitans . . .. 532 

 C-ariama — Cariama cristata, or Dicholophus cristatus. . 533 



Suli-Family Gruix.e : 



( Irane -Grus ■ inerea 533 



Demoiselle Crane — Scops or Anthropoides virgo ... ■">■'•'* 

 Crowned Crane — Baleariea pavonina 536 



Sub-Family Ardein r : 



American Egret -Herodias alba egretla, or Ardea 



cgrctta 537 



Bittern— Boiaurus stcllaris 515 



Nankeen Night-Heron— Vycticorax caledonicus. .. 549 



Boat-Bill — Vancroma cochlearea 550 



Spoonbill —Platalea leu* orodia 551 



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Sub-Family Cicomnjs ; Storks: paoe 



Sti >rk — Cieania alba . . 552 



Adjutant — Leptoptilus crumenifer 553 



Jaoirus — Mycteria senegalensis 555 



Whale-Headed (Stork — Balamiceps rex 557 



Sub-Family Tantalix.e ; Ibis 559 



Sacred Ibis — Ibis aethiopica 559 



Straw-Necked Ibis — Geronticus spinicottis 560 



Family Sculopaciii.e ; Sub-Family Limosix.e 562 



Curlew — Numenius arqualus 562 



Black-Tailed Godwit — Limosa axjocephala 565 



Sub-Family Totaxin.e ; Sandpipers 568 



Green Sam I piper — Totanus ochropus 568 



Common Sandpiper — Tringoides hypoleuca 569 



Sub-Family Reci rtirostrix.e : 



Avoeet —Becureirosira avocetta 569 



Stilt Plover — Eimantopus candidus 570 



Sub-Family Trinuin.e : 



Ruff — Phiiomachus or Machetes pugnax 571 



Knot — Tringa canutus 571 



Sub-Family Scolmpacix.k : 



(■reat Snipe — Gallinago major 575 



Woodcock— Scotopaa; rusticola 577 



Sub-Family PhalaR0P0DIN/E : 



< rray Phalarope— PAaZarqpus/uftcanus 578 



Family Palamkheih.e ; Sub-Family Parrix.e : 



Mexican Jacana — Parra gymnostoma 578 



Chinese Jacana — Hydrophasianus chinensis 579 



Sub- Family Palamedeix.k ; Screamers 580 



Honied Screamer — Palameddea cornuta 580 



Crested Screamer — ( 'lianua cristatus 581 



Family Rallid.e ; Rails; Sub-Family Rallin.* 581 



Water Kail — RaUus aqucticus 581 



Corncrake — Ortygometra crex 585 



Sub-Family Gallixulix.e : 



Hyacinthine Gallinule — Porphyria veterum 586 



Water Hen — Gallinula chloropus 587 



Coot— Fulica atra 589 



Order ANSERES ; the GOOSE, SWAN, DUCK, Etc.... 590 



Family Anatid.e ; Sub-Family PihexicopteriN.K : 



Flamingo — Phoenicopterus ruber 590 



Sub-Family I'eeitroi'terin.e : 



Spur-Winged Goos* — Plectrophanes gambensis 592 



Cape Barron Goose- Cereopsis [orAnserj nova: hollandia: 593 



Bernicle Goose — Berrdcla leucopsis 594 



Sub-Family Cygmn.e: 



Mute Swan — Uygnus olor. 597 



Sub-Family Axati.ve; True DUCKS 601 



Mandarin Duck — Aix galericulata 601 



Widgeon — Mareca penelope 001 



Mallard — Anas boschas 6o3 



Teal — Querquedida crecca 603 



Shoveller 1 hick — Spatula clypeata 6115 



Sub-Fumily Fui,icjulin./E ." U06 



Pochard Dun-Bird — Nyroca terina 6u6 



Common Duck — Somateria mollissima 610 



Sub-Family Merging 612 



Goosander — Mi iyu> mergauser 612 



Smew — Mergellus albellus ! 612 



Family COLYMBID.E ; Divers; Sub-Family CoLYMBINiE 613 



(ireat Northern Diver — Colymbus ;//". ialis 613 



Sub-Family PodicepinvK ; Grebes 614 



Great Crested Grebe — Podiccjis cristatus 614 



Family Aeciiu: ; Sub-Family AlCIN/E ; Aiks 615 



(ireat Auk — Aba (or Plantus impennis 615 



Purlin — Fratercula arctica 616 



Sub-Family Siuiemscix.e ; Pence ixs. 617 



King Penguin — Apteriodytes pennantii 617 



S11I '-Family I'RIN.K ' 618 



Guillemot — (riu troile 618 



Family Procei.eariii.e ; Sub-Family Procelt.arix.e ; Pet- 

 rels ' 018 



Stormy Petrel — Thalassidroma pelagica ops 



Fulmar Petrel Procellaria glacialis 619 



Sub-Familu Diomedein.e 620 



Wandering Albatross — Viomedea exulans 620 



Family Lariii.e ; Sub-Family Larix.e ; Gulls. 021 



Skua (in 11 -Stercorariuscatarrhactes, or Megalestrisslcua 02 1 



Co mi non < wiill — Larus canus 623 



Kittiwake Gull — Rissa trydactyla 023 



Sub-Family K'll VNf'opi n.e : 



Scissiir-Bill— Rliyiuirjin nigra 624 



Sub-Family Sternix.e ; Terxs 024 



Tern — Sterna hirundo 024 



Noddy — Anous stolidus 024 



Family 1'ele('amo.e ; Pelicans; Sub- Family PhjETONTN^e. 626 



Tropic Bird — Phaeton nethereus ' 626 



Sub-Family I'i.oi ix.e ; Darters 027 



1 'arter — Plotus anhinga. 027 



Sub-Family I'eeei'amn.e: 



(iannet, or Solan ' roose — Sula bassanea 628 



Cormorant— Gramlus carbo 629 



Pelican — Pelecanus onocrotalus 630 



Frigate Bird — Tachypetes aquilus 631 



