LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Black Grouse (male and female) . . . Frontispiece 



Capercaillie, Ptarmigan, Red Grouse . page 32 



Eastern Turtle Dove, Baillon's Crake, Demoiselle 



Crane, Pallas's Sand Grouse . . . . „ 94 



Golden Plover, Gray Plover, Caspian Sand Plover, 



Ringed Plover ,,139 



Macqueen's Bustard, Common Pratincole, Black- 

 winged Stilt, Sociable Lapwing . . . . ,, 167 



Redshank, Common Curlew, Bar-tailed Godwit . „ 182 



Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Spotted Sandpiper (summer 



and winter plumage), Red-breasted Snipe . ,, 213 



Sanderling, Knot, Common Snipe ....,, 255 

 King Eider, Lesser Snow Goose, White-bellied Brent 



Goose ,, 328 



Gray Lag Goose, Bernacle Goose, White-fronted 



Goose • >, 351 



Mallard, Teal, Pintail Duck . . ,,373 



Pochard, Common Eider, Goosander . ,,411 



Blue-winged Teal, American Wigeon, Surf Scoter, 



Smew, Tufted Duck . . • • » 437 



