THE OAR-FOOTED SEA-FLIERS (_Steganopodes_). THE TROPIC BIRDS (_Phaëton_):--The White-tailed Tropic Bird. The Red-tailed Tropic Bird. The GANNETS (_Sula_):--The Common Gannet--The Frigate Bird 219-227 THE CORMORANTS (_Haliei_). The DARTERS, or SNAKE-NECKS (_Plotus_):--The Anhinga--Le Vaillant's Snake Bird--The Common Cormorant 227-235 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 [Illustration] 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. 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