Part 3

THE PELICANS (Pelecani):--The White Pelican--The Great Tufted or Dalmatian Pelican 235-239

THE DIVERS (Urinatores).

THE GREBES (Podicipites):--The Crested Grebe--The Little Grebe. The DIVERS (Colymbi):--The Great Northern Diver--The Black-throated Diver--The Red-throated Diver. The LOONS (Uriæ): The Greenland Dove, or Black Guillemot. The TRUE GUILLEMOTS (Uria): The Common or Foolish Guillemot--The Little Auk or Guillemot 240-255

THE STARIKIS (Phaleres):--The Stariki. The AUKS (Alcæ):--The Razor-bill--The Great Auk--The Coulterneb, or Arctic Puffin 255-264

THE PENGUINS (Aptenodytes):--The King Penguin. The TRUE PENGUINS (Spheniscus):--The Spectacled, or Cape Penguin. The LEAPING PENGUINS (Eudypetes):--The Golden or Crested Penguin 265-268

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

COLOURED PLATES.

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).

" 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.

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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