CONTENTS. 



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Xongirostres : 



Sandpipers 332 



Brown 334 



Greenshank 334 



Eedshank 334 



Pond 334 



Wood 334 



C4reen 334 



Cormnon 334 



Turnstone 334 



Euff 33G 



Knot 338 



Sanderlings 339 



Woodcock 339 



Snipe 343 



Common 344 



Great 34o 



Jack 345 



Wilson's 345 



Godwit 345 



Curlew 346 



Ibis 348 



Sacred 348 



Green 351 



Scarlet 351 



Cidtrirostrcs : 



Spoonbills 352 



White 352 



Eose-coloured 352 



Storks 353 



White 353 



Black 357 



Argala 357 



Jabiru 359 



Ombrette 359 



Bec-ouvert 359 



Drome 359 



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Tantalus ^f,^ 



Boatbill 3^0 



Herons 361 



Common "°^ 



Purple 364 



White 364 



Bitterns 366 



Crane 366 



Ash-coloured 366 



Demoiselle 371 



Crested 371 



Hooxjing 371 



Carrrale -^ ' 3 



I'i'e^sifostt'cs : 



Cariama 373 



Oyster-catchers 373 



Kunners 376 



Lapwings 376 



Plovers 378 



Groat Land 379 



Dotorel 379 



Pinged 379 



Kcjitish 380 



C-tolden 380 



Pluviau 381 



Bustard 381 



Great 381 



BferlpotiHC : 



Ostrich 383 



Phea 390 



Cassowary 392 



Lnm 393 



Apteryx 395 



IE.ctu!vt BrcvipeinKC : 



Dodo 397 



Epiornis 397 



Diuornis 397 



CPLVPTER y. 



GALLIXACEOrS P.IllDS. 



Habits, origin, <S:c 399 



TeiraonidcB : 



Capercailzie 401 



Grouse, Black 402 



Pinnated 402 



Kufied 403 



Cock of the I'laius 402 



Gelinottc 403 



Ptarmigans 404 



Common 404 



Bed Grouse 405 



Pcrdicidcs : 



Gangas 405 



Pin-tailed Sand Grouse 406 



Heteroclites 406 



Quails 406 



Partridges 410 



Grey 415 



Partridges, Eed-legged 417 



Gambra 417 



Colin, Virginian 417 



Californiau 418 



Solitary 419 



Francolrns 419 



Chinese 419 



Em-opean 420 



African and Indian 420 



Coturnix 420 



Turnix tachydroma 420 



Tinamides 420 



Chionidie 421 



Megapodidie 421 



IViaaiaiiida' : 



Pheasants 422 



Common 422 



Golden 425 



