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SUB-ORDER XIII.

THE STILT-WALKERS (GRALLATORES).

FAMILY I.--THE BUSTARDS (OTIDES), iv., 2.

Sub-Family 1.--The True Bustards (Otis) iv., 2; the Great Bustard (O. tarda), iv., 2. " " 2.--The Little Bustards (Tetrax), iv., 5; the Little Bustard (T. campestris), iv., 5. " " 3.--The Houbaras (Hubara), iv., 6; the Indian Houbara (H. Macquenii), iv., 6; the African Ruffled Bustard (H. undulata), iv., 8. " " 4.--The Florikins (Sypheotides), iv., 8; the Bengal Florikin (S. Bengalensis), iv., 8.

FAMILY II.--THE COURSERS (TACHYDROMI), iv., 9.

Sub-Family 1.--The Desert Coursers (Cursorius), iv., 10; the Cream-coloured Courser (C. isabellinus), iv., 10. " " 2.--The Crocodile Watchers (Trochilus), iv., 11; the Egyptian Crocodile Watcher (T. Ægyptiacus), iv., 11.

FAMILY III.--THE PRATINCOLES (TRACHELIÆ), iv., 12.

Sub-Family 1.--The Pratincoles (Glareola), iv., 12; the Collared Pratincole (G. pratincola), iv., 13.

FAMILY IV.--THE THICK-KNEES (ŒDICNEMI), iv., 14.

Sub-Family 1.--The Thick-knees (Œdicnemus), iv., 14; the Common Thick-knee (O. crepitans), iv., 14.

FAMILY V.--THE PLOVERS (CHARADRII), iv., 15.

Sub-Family 1.--The Golden Plovers (Charadrius), iv., 16; the Golden Plover (C. auratus), iv., 16; the Ringed Plover (C. hiaticula), iv., 18. " " 2.--The Dotted Plovers (Eudromias), iv., 18; the Dotterel (E. Morinellus), iv., 19. " " 3.--The Shore Plovers (Ægialites), iv., 20; the Little Shore Plover (Æ. minor), iv., 20.

FAMILY VI.--THE LAPWINGS (VANELLI), iv., 21.

Sub-Family 1.--The Peewits (Vanellus), iv., 21; the Peewit, or Lapwing (V. cristatus), iv., 22. " " 2.--The Spur-winged Lapwings (Hoplopterus), iv., 23; the Spur-winged Lapwing (H. spinosus), iv., 23. " " 3.--The Lappeted Peewits (Sarciophorus), iv., 24; the Lappeted Peewit (S. pileatus), iv., 24.

FAMILY VII.--THE TURNSTONES (STREPSILATES), iv., 24.

Sub-Family 1.--The Turnstones (Strepsilas), iv., 24; the Turnstone (S. interpres), iv., 24.

FAMILY VIII.--THE OYSTER-CATCHERS (HÆMATOPI), iv., 27.

Sub-Family 1.--The Oyster-catchers (Hæmatopus), iv., 27; the Pied Oyster-catcher (H. ostralegus), iv., 27.

FAMILY IX.--THE SNIPES (LIMICOLÆ), iv., 29.

Sub-Family 1.--The Woodcocks (Scolopax), iv., 30; the Woodcock (S. rusticola), iv., 30. " " 2.--The Marsh Snipes (Gallinago), iv., 33; the Common Snipe (G. Scolopacinus), iv., 34. " " 3.--The Moor Snipes (Philolimnos), iv., 35; the Jack Snipe (P. gallinula), iv., 35.

FAMILY X.--THE SANDPIPERS (TRINGÆ), iv., 35.

Sub-Family 1.--The Curlew Sandpipers (Limicola), iv., 36; the Pigmy Curlew Sandpiper (L. pygmæa), iv., 36. " " 2.--The Sanderlings (Calidris), iv., 36; the Sanderling (C. arenaria), iv., 36. " " 3.--The Mud Sandpipers (Pelidna), iv., 38; the Mud Sandpiper (P. subarquata), iv., 38. " " 4.--The Dwarf Sandpipers (Actodroma), iv., 38; the Dwarf Sandpiper (A. minuta), iv., 38. " " 5.--The Ruffs (Philomachus), iv., 39; the Ruff (P. pugnax), iv., 39.

FAMILY XI.--THE PHALAROPES (PHALAROPI), iv., 42.

Sub-Family 1.--The Hyperborean Phalaropes (Lobipes), iv., 43; the Hyperborean Phalarope (L. hyperboreus), iv., 43. " " 2.--The Phalaropes Proper (Phalaropus), iv., 43; the Red Phalarope (P. rufus), iv., 43.

FAMILY XII.--THE LONGSHANKS (TOTANI), iv., 44.

Sub-Family 1.--The True Sandpipers (Actitis), iv., 45; the Common Sandpiper (A. hypoleucos), iv., 45. " " 2.--The Greenshanks (Glottis), iv., 46; the Greenshank (G. chloropus), iv., 46. " " 4.--The Godwits (Limosa), iv., 47; the Red or Bar-tailed Godwit (L. rufa), iv., 48. " " 5.--The Stilts (Hypsibates), iv., 49; the Black-winged Stilt (H. himantopus), iv., 49.

FAMILY XIII.--THE AVOCETS (RECURVIROSTRÆ), iv., 50.