Plate XXXI.—Painted Spur Fowl (Galloperdix
lunulosa).

" XXXII.—The Houbara (Otis Macquenii).

" XXXIII.—The Lapwing (Vanellus cristatus).

" XXXIV.—Squacco Heron (Buphus Comata).

" XXXV.—Chinese Jacana (Hydrophasianus
Sinensis).

PLATE XXXVI.—Ruddy Sheldrake (Casarca
rutila).

" XXXVII.—Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata).

" XXXVIII.—Tern (Sterna Hirundo).

" XXXIX.—Great Northern Diver (Colymbus
glacialis).

" XL.—PUFFIN (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