CONTENTS vii 



BOOK III 



SHORE BIRDS OR WADERS 



PACB 



XXXVIII. The Shore Birds or Waders . . .247 



XXXIX. The Woodcock 252 



XL. The Snipe 268 



XLI. The Bartramian Sandpiper — Upland 



Plover 283 



XLI I. Bay Bird Shooting 287 



XLIII. Other Snipes and Sandpipers . . . 294 



XLIV. The Plovers 307 



XLV. Other Varieties of Shore Birds. . . 316 



BOOK IV 



CRANES, RAILS, AND REED BIRDS, WILD 

 PIGEONS AND DOVES 



XLVI. The Cranes 323 



XLVII. The Rails and Reed Birds . . . .327 

 XLVIII. Wild Pigeons and Doves . . . -334 



APPENDIX 347 



INDEX 391 



