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The Puffin (Fratercula Arctica) 144 



The Velvet Scoter (CEdemia Fusca) 146 



The Red-breasted Merganser (Mergus Serrator) 148 



The Great Northern Diver (Colymbus Glacialis) 149 



The Common Eider (Somateria Mollissima) ... ... ... 151 



The Common Shelldrake (Tadorna Belonii) 152 



The Common Wild Duck or Mallard (Boschas Fera) 154 



The Common Wigeon (Mareca Penelope) 156 



The Common Teal (Boschas Crecca) 159 



The Brent Goose (Anser Brenta) 160 



The Pink-Footed Goose (Anser Brachyrhynchus) 162 



The Common Night-Heron (Nycticorax Gardenii) ... ... 163 



The Hooper or Wild Swan (Cygnus Ferus) 165 



Bewick's Swan (Cygnus Bewickii) 166 



The Purple Sandpiper (Tringa Striata) 167 



The Great Black-backed Gull (Larus Marinus) ... 168 



The Red-throated Diver (Colymbus Septentrionalis) 170 



The Common Pheasant (Phastanus Colchicus) 172 



The Common Partridge (Perdix Cinerea) 177 



The Wood Pigeon (Columba Palumbus) 181 



The Skylark (Alauda Arvensis) ... 187 



The Common Cuckoo (Cuculus Canorus) IQO 



The Woodcock (Scolopax Rusticola) iQ4 



The Woodcock (by the late Captain Horace Townshend) ... 207 



Marking of Woodcock in Northumberland 208 



The Golden Plover (Charadrius Pluvialus) 214 



The Quail (Cotiirnix Communis) 218 



The Cassowary v . 225 



The Ostrich 228 



The Merlin or Stone-Falcon 235 



The Golden Eagle (Aquila Chrysacta) 239 



The Swallow (Hirundo Rustica) 244 



The North Sea Seals 249 



Conclusion 258' 



