X CONTENTS. 



CHAPTEK V. 



Page 

 Migration. 



Hibernation of Birds.— Origin o£ Migration.— Gipsy migrants.— Regular migrants.— 

 Swallows. — Migration in the Southern Hemisphere. —Double-breeding a myth. — Local 

 migration. — Heligoland. — Chart of migration.— Instances of great migrations. — Sky-Larks.- 

 Order of migration. — Palmen's fly-lines. — Emigration. — Woodcocks. — Arctic Tern . . . 



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CH/VPTER VI. 



The Paradise of the CharadriidcB. 

 Arctic breeding- grounds. — Arrival of migratory birds. — Sudden arrival of summer. — 

 Break-up of the ice. — Appearance of flowers. — Arrival of Sandpipers. — Coast migrants. — 

 Breeding. — Moulting. — Return of winter. — Winter range of Birds 51 



CHAPTER VII. 



Zoological Regions. 



Zoological Regions of the Charadriidse. — Isothermal lines. — Arctic Genera. — Temperate 

 Genera. — Tropical Genera 59 



CHAPTER VIII. 



On Subspecific Forms. 



Importance of recognizing subspecies. — Practical difference between species and sub- 



.species. — Vague use of trinomials 63 



CHAPTER IX. 



Charadriid(^. 

 Key to the Subfamilies. — Charadriinae. — Key to the Genera 66 



CHAPTER X. 



Genus (Edicnemus. 



European Stone-Curlew. — Indian Stone-Curlew.- — Swainson's Stone-Curlew. — Vermicu- 

 lated Stone-Curlew. — South-African Stone-Curlew. — Riippell's Stone-Curlew. — East-Austra- 

 lian Stone-Curlew. — Central-American Stone-Curlew. — St. -Domingo Stone-Curlew. — Peru- 

 vian Stone-Curlew. — Great Indian Stone-Curlew. — Austro-Malayan Stone-Curlew .... 69 



CHAPTER XI. 



Genus Charadrius. 



Golden Plover.— Asiatic Golden Plover. — American Golden Plover. — Grey Plover. 



Falkland-Island Dotterel. — Chilian Dotterel. — Magellanic Plover. — Australian Four-toed 

 Dotterel. — Australian. Dotterel. — Slender-billed Dotterel. — Common Dotterel. — Oriental 



