CONTENTS 
CHAPTER I. 
GULLS AND TERNS. 
The Gull Family—Changes of Plumage—Characteristics—Great Black-backed 
Gull—Lesser Black-backed Gull—Herring Gull—Common Gull—Kitti- 
wake—Black-headed Gull—Skuas—Great Skua—Richardson’s Skua— 
Terns—Sandwich Tern—Common Tern—Arctic Tern—Roseate Tern— 
Lesser Tern—Black Tern . ; ; ; : : Pages 13-60 
CHAPTER II. 
PLOVERS AND SANDPIPERS. 
Characteristics and Affinities—Changes of Plumage—Structural Characters— 
Oyster-catcher—Ringed Plover—Kentish Plover—Golden Plover—Gray 
Plover — Lapwing — Turnstone — Phalaropes— Gray Phalarope— Red- 
necked Phalarope—Curlew— Whimbrel—Godwits—Black-tailed Godwit 
—Bar-tailed Godwit—Redshank—Sanderling—Knot—Curlew Sandpiper 
—Dunlin—Purple Sandpiper—Other species , - . 61-121 
CHAPTER III. 
GUILLEMOTS, RAZORBILL, AND PUFFIN. 
Affinities and Characteristics—Changes of Plumage—Guillemot—Brunnich’s 
Guillemot—Black Guillemot—Razorbill—Little Auk—Puffn 123-150 
