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QUAIL. Coturnix communis 269

PTARMIGAN. Lagopus mutus 270

RED GROUSE. Lagopus scoticus 272

BLACK GROUSE. Tetrao tetrix 273

CAPERCAILLIE. Tetrao urogallus 275

Order FULICARIÆ.

WATER-RAIL. Rallus aquaticus 277

SPOTTED CRAKE. Porzana maruetta 277

Baillon’s Crake. Porzana bailloni 278

Little Crake. Porzana parva 278

CORNCRAKE. Crex pratensis 278

MOORHEN. Gallinula chloropus 279

COOT. Fulica atra 280

Order ALECTORIDES.

Crane. Grus communis 281

Great Bustard. Otis tarda 281

Little Bustard. Otis tetrax 281

Macqueen’s Bustard. Otis macqueeni 281

Order LIMICOLÆ.

STONE-CURLEW. Œdicnemus scolopax 282

Collared Pratincole. Glareola pratincola 284

Cream-coloured Courser. Cursorius gallicus 284

GOLDEN PLOVER. Charadrius pluvialis 284

Eastern Golden Plover. Charadrius fulvus 286

GREY PLOVER. Squatarola helvetica 286

KENTISH PLOVER. Ægialitis cantiana 287

Little Ringed Plover. Ægialitis curonica 288

RINGED PLOVER. Ægialitis hiaticula 287

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