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What is the origin of the name Lapwing ? What name has been 

 suggested by its note ? Is tlic Common Crane a native of these 

 countries ? What does Gould say of this bird ? Wliat situations 

 are frequented by tlic Common Heron? Wliat is rcmarliablu 

 about its appearance when at rest ? Wliat when on the wing / 

 Where does it build ? Is the Common Bittern a common bird > 

 What is said of its "booming?" What was it considered the 

 emblem of? For wliat is the Stork remarkable? In what 

 country was it in former times regarded with reverence? What 

 other species belonging to this family has been looked on as 

 sacred? Family Scolopacidce. — F. ^71. — What birds belong to 

 this family ? What is the range of the Woodcock? When docs 

 it fly? On what does it feed? Do any breed in these king- 

 doms? Family Rallidce. — Y. 372. — What is the best known 

 species of Rail ?" What other birds belong to this family ? What 

 dilference is observable in the foot of the Water-hen and the Coot ? 

 Order V. Natatores. — What arc the general characteristics of 

 the Order ? In what respect is the Flamingo allied to Order IV. 

 and also to Order V. ? What is the meaning of its scientific 

 appellation? YavaMy Analidcc. — P. 374. — What birds belong to 

 this family? What figure does a flock of Wild Geese assume 

 when flying ? What are the best known species ? Wliat is said 

 of their watchfulness? At what season are the Brent Goose and 

 the Bcrnicle procured ? What name is given to the Brent Goose 

 in Belfast Bay? What is said of the Whistling and of the Mute 

 Swan? Where are Black Swans found? What article is pro- 

 cm-ed from the Eider Duck? Where are its haunts/ How is 

 the down collected ? Family Cohjmhidce. — What birds belong to 

 it? What arc the habits of the Great Northern Diver? How 

 has it occasionally been captured? Family Alcidce. — What 

 names have been given to the Puffin? What is said of the 

 wings of the Penguin? Give examples of the courage of these 

 birds. Family Felecanidcc. — How many native species belong to 

 tills family ? What is said of the Common Cormorant ? How 

 are Cormorants used by the Chinese? Family Larida:. — What 

 birds belong to this family ? What other name has been given 

 to the Terns ? How do they take their prey ? What is meant 

 by a "play of gulls?" What is their food? How are gulls 

 sometimes captured? What food do they seek in spring? 

 What are they said to destroy at Horn Head? AVhat is said 

 of the Black-headed Gull in Norfolk? What at Lough Neagh? 

 What is said of the Conrmon Gull of Belfast Bay ? What name 

 has been given to the Stormy Petrel? What are its habits? 

 What use is made of Petrels in the Hebrides and at St. Kilda? 

 Has the Fulmar been found on the Irish coast ? Has the Stormy 

 Petrel ? What situation did it occupy at Torj' Island ? How 

 were Petrels affected by the storm of 1831) ? What does Darwin 

 say of another species? Contrast the multitudes of difierent 

 species of birds. What is remarked of their abundance or scar- 

 city in a fossil state ? Of what island was the Dodo a native ? 

 AVhat was its probable weight? To what tribe did it belong? 

 Are any foot-prints existing of large birds now extinct ? What 

 was Professor 0»ven's opinion of large bones from New Zealand? 



