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BIRDS OP THE BEISTOL DISTKICT. 



Order 4. GEALLATOEES. 



Family. Chaeadeiid^. 

 Genus. Qharadrius. 



Charadriiis pluvialis - Golden Plover - 

 (Banks of river.) 



C. hiaticula - Einged Plover 

 (Banks of Avon and Severn.) 



C. morinellus - Dotterell 

 (Flat Holmes. G.H.) 



Genus. Vanellus. 



V. cristatus - Lapwing 



(Leigh; Portishead; Failand.) 



Y. melanogaster - Grey Plover 



(Avomnoutli.) 



Genus. Strepsilas. 



S. interpres - Turnstone 

 (Avonmouth ; Portiskead.) 



Genus. Calidris. 



C. arenaria - Sanderling 

 (Near Clevedon.) 



Genus. ScBmatopus. 



H. ostralegus - Oyster Catcher 

 (Banks of Severn.) 



Indigenous - occasionally 



Indigenous • common 



Indigenous - rare 



Indigenous 



common 



Indigenous - occasionally 



Indigenous 



Indigenous 



rare 



rare 



Indigenous - occasionally 



Family. Aedeidce. 

 Genus. Ardea. 



A. cinerea 



Heron 



not uncommon 



Indigenous 



(Banks of Severn ; occasionally on Avon ; and Leigh ;) 

 Ahbot's Pond.) 



A. stellaris - Bittern - Summer visitor, sometimes resident - rare 

 (Near Clevedon and Portishead.) 



