EXPLANATION OF THE CONTRACTED NAMES.

Lin. Sys.

........ Caroli Linnæi Systema Naturæ, Ed. 12.

Brit. Zool.....
................. Pennant's British Zoology, 4 Vol. 4to and 8vo.

Sib. Scot......... Prodromus Historia Naturalis Scotiæ. Auctore Roberto

Pen. Syn. Quad.

Raii Syn. Quad. ..

Raii Syn. Av.

Faun. Suec.

Sibbaldo.

A Synopsis of Quadrupeds, by Thomas Pennant, Esq.
Raii Synopsis Methodica Anim. Quad. et Serpentini
Generis.

... Raii Synopsis Avium et Piscium.

......

Caroli Linnæi Fauna Suecica.

Wil. Orn. ........ The Ornithology of Mr Francis Willoughby.

Mart. West. Isles. ••

Wal. Desc. Ork.

Sib. Hist. Fife.

Description of the Western Isles of Scotland. By M.
Martin, Gent.

An Account of the Islands of Orkney. By J. Wallace,
M. D.

History of the Sheriffdoms of Fife and Kinross. By
Sir Robert Sibbald.

Ed. Av. ......... Natural Hist. of Birds, &c. By George Edwards.
Pen. Tour. ....... A Tour through Scotland. By Thomas Pennant, Esq.
Sib. Phal. .............
... Phalainologia. Auctore Roberto Sibbaldo.

NUS XXIII-GALINULES, OR WATER-HENS.

.Rail

94 Sp. 2. The Water-Hen

ORDER VII. WITH PINNATED FEET.

GENUS XXIV.-PHALAROPE.

Scollop-toed Sandpiper

GENUS XXV.—THE GREBE KIND.

and Dusky Grebe

ORDER VIII. WEB-FOOTED BIRDS.

GENUS XXVII.-THE AUK KIND.

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