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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.