XVUl. 



British Birds. 



Sub-Order CURSOR//. 



I. Cream-coli)ured Courser {Ciir.'tor/iis 



gnl/iciis) 165 



Sub-Order G/. A R/-:0/..E. 



I. VrMmcoV' {Gl(iiro/i! prat/iico/a) ... 166 



Sub-Order C/I. IR. l/)R//. 



1. Grey Plover [Squatarola helvetica) 166 



2. Golden Plover {Charadrius plu- 



vialis) 167 



3. Lesser Golden Plover {Cliaradrius 



domiiiicu.':) 167 



4. Asiatic Dottrel (Ochtliddrdinus 



a.'iial/eus) 168 



5. Dottrell {/-'.udroinias morinelhis\ ... 16S 



6. Kildeer Dottrel (0.rivY/;;M 7wc//V-r«^) 16S 



169 



Plover {lEgialitis 

 Sand - Plover 



vireistra avocetta) . . . 

 Stilt {Himaiitopus 



{Xiimeiiius 



7. Ringed Sand 



hiaticola) 



8. Little Kinged 



{.i-Egialitis diib/a] ... 



9. Kentish Sand-Pluver ij-Egiidi/is 



alexandrina) 



10. hapwmg (J'auel/us 7iaue/!iis) 



11. Sociable Lapwing [C/ia/usia gre- 

 i:ar/a) 



12. T\\rns\one {.Sirepsitas iiiierpres) ... 



13. Oystercatcher (Ha'matopus ostra- 



leguss 



14. Avocet {/iecur 



15. Black-winged 



Itimantopus) ... 



16. Common Cnrlew 



art/ucitu.O 



17. Whimbrel {.\'u)?ie/ii//s p/iaopus) ... 



18. Eskimo Curlew {A'u///en/usbeirea//.t) 



19. Bar-tailed Godwit (IJmosa lap- 



ponica) ... ... 



20. Black-tailed Godwit ( [.imiisn limosa) 



21. Red-breasted Snipe-Tattler (i'/acvo- 



iiiantpu.<! griscus) 



22. Spotted Redshank \Toiaiius fuscus) 



23. Common Redshank iTu/a/iu.': 



ca/idris) 



24. Marsh Greenshank 1 Tolmnts stag- 



iiatilis) 



25. Yellovvshank {Totauus /lavipes) ... 



26. Green-legged Tattler ^/leiadromas 



oe/iropus) 



27. Solitary Tattler {//elodroinas soli- 



tarius) 



28. Common Summer-Sni]ie {Trin- 



goides hy/wleueii.t) ... 



29. Spotted Smnmcr-Snipe I 7>7'«ov>/V/« 



)iiacularius) ... 



170 

 170 



171 

 171 



172 

 173 



173 



■74 

 175 

 175 



175 

 176 



177 

 177 



30. Greenshank (Glottis uebuliiriu.i) ... 181 



31. Wood-Tattler (R/ivacoplii/iis gla- 



reola) 181 



yi. Rnff {.Pavnucellii piigim.v) 182 



33. Bartram's Tattler \/Saitrai?ua 



iuugieaiida) 1S2 



34. Bufi-breasted Sandpiper ( 7>v'«;f//(',s' 



stdiri(Jicidlis\ 183 



35. S'dinA'itxWng [Calidris arena ria] ... 183 



36. 'L\\{\e SXmi (Li»i07t!tis j?iiii?ita) ... 183 



37. .\menca.nStint{Lii/i(mit<.i /iiii/uti//a) 184 



38. Temmincks Stint (/jinoiiite.s tei/i- 



»!!}ic/ci) 184 



39. Pectoral Sandpiper (I /eteropygin 



III aeu lata) 184 



40. Sharp-tailed Pectoral Sand])iper 



[//eteropYgia aniiiniintu] ... ... 1 85 



41. Bonaparte's Sandpiper U/etero- 



Pygia fuscicullis) 1S5 



42. Purple Sandpiper \.lri/iiatella 



inaritiiiia) 1S5 



43. Curlew Sandpiper {Aiievlochiliis 



subarquatiis) 186 



44. KivA (Triiiga eaiiiiti/s) 186 



45. Dunlin (Pclidua. alpiiia) 187 



46. Broad-billed Sandpiper (/.iiitiada 



platvr/iyiiclia) iSS 



47. Great Snipe (Galliiiago major) ... 18S 



48. Common .Snipe [Galliiiago gal- 



liiiago) 1S9 



49. JackSnipe (Liiiitiocrypte.igallim/la) 189 



50. Woodcock (Scolopa.y rustieiila) ... 190 



51. Grey Phalarope (Cryiiiopliilus fiili- 



rariiis) 191 



52. Red-necked Phalarope {/'/lalaropus 



liyperhoreiis) 191 



53. Wilson's Phalarope {Slegniiopii.': 



trieolor) 192 



Sub-Order CJ/IOM/)KS 



54. W\\\\.e 'SheaXhh'M {(/liioiii.'! alba) ... 



Order LARIFORMES 193 



Sub-Order /.ARI 193 



1. Black Tern {//ydrneliclidoii nigra.) 193 

 \\'hiskered Tern (//ydrneliclidoii 



hybrid a) 194 



White-winged Black Tern (//ydro- 



elielidoii leiicoptera) 194 



Gull-billed Tern (Geloclielidoii 



anglica) 194 



Casjiian Tern (//ydioprogne caspia) 195 



Common Tern (Sterna Jluviatilis)... 196 



Arctic Tern (Sterna marriira) ... 197 



Roseate Tern [Sterna doiigalli) ... 197 



