54 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



The idea, in this case, has been to present to the 

 visitor, as nearly as can be done in a small compass, 

 the natural breeding-habits of a Kittiwake on a 

 cliff; one bird would not have given the proper 

 effect, therefore several are introduced. 



This species has a very wide distribution abroad, 

 but, perhaps, of all localities, given in Howard 

 Saunders' Manual: "The most frequented are 

 the cliffs of the Faroes, Iceland, Norway, where 

 a vast colony exists near the North Cape, 

 Spitzbergen, Novaya Zemlya, Franz Josef Land, 

 and wherever suitable localities present themselves 

 in the Siberian Arctic Ocean. In Europe it does 

 not nest farther south than the coast of Brittany." 



CASE 6. 



THE OYSTER CATCHER. 

 Order y Limicolce. Family, Charadriidcs. 



This bird, another name for which is the 

 "Seapie," is. I think, pretty familiar to most people 

 who have had opportunities of seeing anything of 

 our sea coasts ; the very striking black and white 

 plumage, the long stout vermilion red bill, and the 

 pink legs arrest one's attention immediately. 



The species is resident with us and is widely and 

 evenly distributed in most localities in the British 

 Islands which are suitable to its habits. 



