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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



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The Common Bittern (Botaurtis sletlaris) . 



The Sun Bittern, or Peacock Heron (Eurypyga 

 helias) ........ 



Crowned, Demoiselle, and Common Cranes . 92 



The Cariama, or Crested Screamer (Dicholophus 

 cristalus) ....... 93 



The Gold-breasted Trumpeter (Psoptiia crepi- 

 tans) ........ 



The Aniuma, or Horned Screamer (Palamedea 

 cornuta) 



The Golden Rail, or Painted Cape Snipe 

 (Rhync/tcea Capensis) ..... 



The Jacana (Parra yacana) .... 



The Hyacinthine Porphyrio {Porphyrio hyacin- 

 thinus) ....... 



Home of the Moor -hens (Gallinula chlornpus) . 



The Stilt Bird (Charadrhis himantopus) . 



The Flamingo (Phcenicopterus roseus) 



The Whistling Swan (Cygnus musicus) 



Black -necked Swans (Cygnus nigricollis) . 



The Black Swan {Cygnus ox Chenopsis atratus) 129 



The Spur-winged Goose {Pleciroptcrns Cam- 



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bensis) ....... 



The Grey or Wild Goose (Anser cincreus) 

 The Brent Goose (Berniela torquata) 

 The Nile Goose ( Chenalopex sEgyptiacus) 



Cereopsis Geese 



The Ruddy Sheldrake, or Brahminy Duck 



(Casarca nttila) ..... 

 The Sheldrake ( Vulpanser tadornd) . 

 The Widow Duck {Dendrocygna viduata) 

 The Wild Duck (Arias boschas) 

 The Wood or Summer Duck (Aix sponsa) 

 The Shoveler Duck (Spatula clypeata) 



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Eider Ducks at Home .... 

 Tha Eider Ducks (Somakria mollissima) . 

 The Green-headed Goosander (Mergus mer 



ganscr) ... . 



The Caspian Tem (Sylochdidon Caspia) . 

 Terns and their Nests .... 

 Black-backed and Herring Gulls 

 The Laughing Gull (Chroicoccphalus rid: 



Hindus) ...... 



The Common Skua (Lcstris catarractcs) . 

 The Rosy Gull (Rhodostcthia rosea) . 

 The Wandering Albatross (Diomcdca exulans) 

 The Giant Petrel (Proccllaria or Ossifragus 



gigantea) ...... 



The Fulmar Petrel (Frocellaria glacialis) . 

 The Cape Petrel (Procellaria or Daption Capen 



sis) ...... 



Storm Petrels ...... 



The Storm Petrel ( Tkalassidimna pelagica) 

 The White-tailed Tropic Bird (Phaeton ttthereus 

 The Frigate Bird ( Tachypetes aqidla) 

 Le Vaillant's Snake Bird, or Darter (Plotus 



Levaillantii) .... 



The Cormorant (Phalacrocorax carbo) 

 The Pelican (Pelecanus onocrotalus) . 

 The Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) 

 The Common or Foolish Guillemot 



troile) 



An Assemblage of Auks 



The Great Auk, or Giant Penguin (Alca pin 



guinus) ..... 

 Giant Penguins .... 

 The Coultemeb, or Arctic Puffin 

 The Golden Penguin (Chrysocome catarractes) 



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