CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS. 293 



FAMILY //.—The Coursers (Tachydromi), iv., 9. 



Sub-Fa?nily 1. — The Desert Coursers (Cursorius), iv., 10 ; the Cream-coloured Courser (C. isabellinus), iv., 10. 

 „ „ 2. — The Crocodile Watchers (Trochilus), iv., 1 1 ; the Egyptian Crocodile Watcher (T. JEgyp- 



tiacus), iv., 11. 



FAMILY III— The Pratincoles (Trachelle), iv., 12. 

 Sub-Family 1. — The Pratincoles (Glareola), iv., 12 ; the Collared Pratincole (G. pratincola), iv., 13. 



FAMILY IV.— -The Thick-knees (CEdicnemi), iv., 14. 

 Sub-Family 1. — The Thick-knees (CEdicnemus), iv., 14 ; the Common Thick-knee (O. crepitans), iv., 14. 



FAMILY V.— The Plovers (Charadrii), iv., 15. 



Siib-Family 1. — The Golden Plovers (Charadrius), iv., 16 ;' the Golden Plover (C. auratus), iv., 16 ; the 

 Ringed Plover (C. hiaticula), iv., 18. 

 „ „ 2. — The Dotted Plovers (Eudromias), iv., 18 ; the Dotterel (E. Morinellus), iv., 19. 



„ „ 3. — The Shore Plovers (yEgialites), iv., 20 ; the Little Shore Plover (JE. minor), iv., 20. 



FAMILY VI— The Lapwings (Vanelli), iv., 21. 



Sub-Family 1. — The Peewits (Vanellus), iv., 21 ; the Peewit, or Lapwing (V. cristatus), iv., 22. 

 „ ., 2. — The Spur-winged Lapwings (Hoplopterus), iv., 23 ;.the Spur-winged Lapv.ing (H. spinosus), 



iv., 23. 

 „ „ 3. — The Lappeted Peewits (Sarciophorus), iv., 24 ; the Lappeted Peewit (S. pileatus), iv., 24. 



FAMIL Y VII— The Turnstones (Strepsilates), iv., 24. 

 Sub-Family 1.— The Turnstones (Strepsilas), iv., 24; the Turnstone (S. interpres), iv., 24. 



FAMIL Y VIII— The Oyster-catchers (H^ematopi), iv., 27. 

 Sub-Family 1. — The Oyster-catchers (Haematopus), iv., 27 5 the Pied Oyster-catcher (H. ostralegus), iv., 27. 



FAMIL Y IX.— The Snipes (Limicol^e), iv., 29. 



Sub-Family 1. — The Woodcocks (Scolopax), iv., 30; the Woodcock (S. rusticola), iv., 30. 

 „ „ 2. — The Marsh Snipes (Gallinago), iv., 33 ; the Common Snipe (G. Scolopacinus), iv., 34. 



„ „ 3. — The Moor Snipes (Philolimnos), iv., 35 ; the Jack Snipe (P. gallinula), iv., 35. 



FAMILY X.— The Sandpipers (Tringje), iv., 35. 



Sub-Family 1. — The Curlew Sandpipers (Limicola), iv., 36; the Pigmy Curlew Sandpiper (L. pygmasa), 



iv., 36. 

 „ ., 2. — The Sanderlings (Calidris), iv., 36 ; the Sanderling (C. arenaria), iv., 36. 



„ ., 3. — The Mud Sandpipers (Pelidna), iv., 38 ; the Mud Sandpiper (P. subarquata), iv., 38. 



„ „ 4. — The Dwarf Sandpipers (Actodroma), iv., 38 ; the Dwarf Sandpiper (A. minuta), iv., 38. 



„ „ 5.— The Ruffs (Philomachus), iv., 39 ; the Ruff (P. pugnax), iv., 39. 



FAMILY XL— The Phalaropes (Phalaropi), iv., 42. 



Sub-Family 1. — The Hyperborean Phalaropes (Lobipes), iv., 43 ; the Hyperborean Phalarope (L. hyper- 

 boreus), iv., 43. 

 ,, „ 2. — The Phalaropes Proper (Phalaropus), iv., 43 ; the Red Phalarope (P. rufus), iv., 43. 



FAMIL Y XII.— The Longshanks (Totani), iv., 44. 



Sub-Family 1. — The True Sandpipers (Actitis), iv., 45 ; the Common Sandpiper (A. hypoleucos), iv., 45. 

 i> » 2. — The Greenshanks (Glottis), iv., 46 ; the Greenshank (G. chloropus), iv.,46. 



,, ., 4. — The Godwits (Limosa), iv., 47 ; the Red or Bar-tailed Godwit (L. rufa), iv., 48. 



» » 5- — The Stilts (Hypsibates), iv., 49 ; the Black-winged Stilt (H. himantopus), iv., 49. 



