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COLOURED PLATES.

XXXI.— (Galloperdix lunulosa).

" XXXII.— (Otis Macquenii).

" XXXIII.— (Vanellus cristatus).

" XXXIV.— (Buphus Comata).

" XXXV.— (Hydrophasianus Sinensis).

XXXVI.— (Casarca rutila).

" XXXVII.— (Aix galericulata).

" XXXVIII.— (Sterna Hirundo).

" XXXIX.— (Colymbus glacialis).

" XL.— (Fratercula Arctica).

WOOD ENGRAVINGS.

FIG.     PAGE

1. Bustards (Otis tarda)     4

2. The Little Bustard (Otis tetrax, or Tetrax campestris)     5

3. The Trochilus, or Crocodile Watcher (Hyas Ægyptiacus)     9

4. The Collared Pratincole (Glareola pratincola)     12

5. The Common Thick-knee, or Stone Curlew (Œdicnemus crepitans)     13

6. The Golden Plover (Charadrius auratus), and the Dotterel (Eudromias Morinellus)     17

7. The Lapwing, or Peewit (Vanellus cristatus)     21

8. The Spur-winged Lapwing (Hoplopterus spinosus)     24

9. The Turnstone (Strepsilas interpres)     25

10. The Pied Oyster-catcher, or Sea Pie (Hæmatopus ostralegus)     28

11. The Woodcock (Scolopax rusticola)     32

12. The Sanderling (Calidris arenaria)     37

13. The Ruff (Philomachus pugnax)     40

14. Ruffs Fighting     41

15. The Scooping Avocet (Recurvirostra avocetta)     52

16. The Great Curlew (Numenius arquatus)     53

17. The White or Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis religiosa)     57

18. The Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)     60

19. The Whale-headed Stork, or Shoe-beak (Balæniceps rex)     61

20. The Savaku, or Boat-bill (Cancroma cochlearia)     64

21. The Hammer-head, or Shadow-bird (Scopus umbretta)     65

22. The Ibis-like Tantalus (Tantalus ibis)     66

23. Adjutants     68

24. The Simbil (Spenorhynchus Abdimii)     69

25. The Senegal Jabiru (Mycteria Senegalensis)     72

26. The Marabou (Leptoptilos crumenifer)     73

27. The African Clapper-bill (Anastomus lamelligerus)     76

28. Group of Herons     77

29. The Giant Heron (Ardea Goliath)     79

30. The Great White Heron (Herodias alba)     80

31. The Lesser Egret (Herodias garzetta)     81

32. Day and Night Herons     84