BIEDS or THE BBISTOL DISTEICT. 



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Family. Scolopacidce. 

 Genus. JVumenms. 



1^. arqiiata - Curlew - Indigenous 

 (Avonmouthi ; Portishead.) 



N. phoeopus - Whimbrel - Indigenous 



common 



local 



(Occasionally seen, Portishead; Avonmouth. Rev. M. E.) 



Genus. Totanus. 



T. calidris - Eedshank - Indigenous - occasionally occurs in winter 

 (Avonmoutli.) 



T. ochropus - Green Sandpiper - Summer visitor - rare 

 (Near Yatton. G. H.) 



T. hypoleucos - Common Sandpiper - Summer visitor - occasional 

 (Portishead ; Banks of Avon.) 



Genus. Limosa. 



L. rufa - Bar-tailed Godwit 

 (Portishead.) 



Genus. Scolopax. 

 L. rusticola - "Woodcock 



Winter visitor - occasional 



Indigenous 



not uncommon 



(Leigh; Henhury; Qurdham Down, occasionally.) 



S. gallinago - Common Snipe - Indigenous - not uncommon 

 (In marshy places j Portishead; Durdham Down ; Stapleton.) 



S. gallinula - Jack Snipe - Winter visitor - occasional 

 (In marshy places ; Ashton ; Clevedon.) 



Genus. Tringa. 



T. variabilis - Dunlin 



(Banks of Avon and Severn. 



Indigenous 



common 



Family. Eallid^.* 

 Genus. Gallinula. 



G. crex - Landrail 

 (In fields generally.) 



Summer visitor 



common 



