OYSTER-CATCHER. Hsematopus ostralegus. 



Common resident. Breeds on all the coasts of Europe^ and on the 

 rivers and lakes of West Siheria and Turkestan, Winters on the coast of 

 West and North Africa, and on the shores of the Arabian Sea. 



COMMON STILT. Himantopus Candidas. 



Accidental visitor; forty or fifty British records. Summer visitor to the 

 basin of the Mediterranean, South Russia, Asia Minor, Persia, Turkestan, 

 and Afghanistan. Resident in India and Ceylon. Winter visitor to 

 Africa, Burma, and occasionally further east. 



AVOCET. Himantopus avocetta. 



Rare spring and autumn migrant ; bred in the Eastern Counties seventy 

 years ago. Summer visitor to South Europe, Denmark, Holland, Persia, 

 Turkestan, and South Siberia. Resident in many parts of Africa. Winter 

 visitor to India, Ceylon, and China. 



COMMON CURLEW. Numenius arquata. 



Resident ; numbers increased in winter. Breeds in temperate Europe 

 and South Siberia. Winters on the coasts of Africa and South Asia. 

 Eastern examples generally differ slightly from the typical form. 



COMMON WHIMBREL. Numenius phsopus. 



Common spring and autumn migrant, a few remaining to breed in the 

 north of Scotland. Breeds in arctic Europe and Siberia. Winters on the 

 coasts of tropical Africa, North Asia, Australia, and many of the Pacific 

 Islands. Eastern examples vary slightly from western ones. 



ESQUIMO WHIMBREL. Numenius borealis. 



Accidental visitor; half a dozen British records. Breeds in arctic 

 America. Winters in South America, south of the Equator. 



GREY PHALAROPE. Phalaropus fulicarius. 



Irregular winter visitor. Circumpolar species, breeding in the Arctic 

 Regions. Winters irregularly further south, very rarely wandering as far 

 as the Equator. 



