348 APPENDIX. 



Anthropoides virgO. Demoiselle Ceane. 



Ardea virgO Linnceus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 141 : N. Africa. 



Orus virgo {Linn.) ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 152. 

 Anthropoides vii-go Sliarpe, Cat. Birds B. 31. xxiii. 1891, p. 269 ; 

 Saunders, Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 522. 



An example killed in the Orkneys, May 1863 and another 

 picked np dead near Wincanton, Somersetshire ; probably 

 both had escaped from captivity. 



The Demoiselle Crane breeds from southern Europe east- 

 wards to northern China, and winters in north Africa and 

 north-west India. 



Balearica pavonina. Crowned Ckane. 



Ardea pavonina Linmrvs, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 141 : 



Africa. 



Balearica pavonina (Linn.) ; B. O. IT. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 153 ; 

 Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. M. xxiii. 1894, p. 272 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 522. 



An example killed in Ayrshire, Sept. 1871, had almost 

 certainly escaped from captivity. 



The Crowned Crane ranges from Senegal to the upper 

 Nile and Abyssinia ; it has seldom strayed to Europe. 



Order CHARADRIIFORMES. 



Family CHARADRIIDiE. 

 GallinagO delicata. Wilson's Snipe. 



Scolopax delicata Ord, Reprint of Wilson's Orn. ix. 1825, 

 p. ccxviii : Pennsylvania. 



GallinagO wilsoni {Temm.) ; B. O. TJ. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 166. 

 GallinagO delicata (Ord); Sharpe, Gat. Birds B. M. xxiv. 1896, 

 p. 642. 



