CONTENTS 



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LOST AND VANISHING BIRDS 

 Introduction — The Extermination of Species 



PACK 



13 



PART I 



LOST AND VANISHING BRITISH BIRDS 



Lost British Birds 



Savi's Waeblee {Loeustella luscinioides) . . .43 



The Spoonbill {Platalea leucorodia) . . .48 



The Bittern {Botaurus steUaris) . . . .54 



The Crane {Grus cinerca) . . . . .60 



The Great Bustard {Otis tarda) . . . .67 



The Avocet {Recurvirostra avoeetta) . . .73 



The Black-tailed Godwit {Limosa melanura'- . . 73 



The Black Tern {Sterna nigr-a) . . . .83 



The Great Auk {Alca impcnnis) . . . .87 



Vanishing British Birds 



The Bearded Titmouse {Panurus biarmicus) . ' . 98 



The St. Kilda Wren {Troglodytes hirtensis) . . 104 



