170 FAMILIAR WILD BIRDS. 



JEguUUit cantiana (Charadrius cantianus) : Kentish Plover, — 

 II. 145 



Cha radrius pluvialis, GOLDEN Plover, IV. 9 



Eudromias morinelltts (Charadrius morinellus), Dotterel, I. 101 



Hamatojms ostralegus. Oyster-Catcher, I. 157 — " 



Vanellus vulgaris (Tringa vanellus), Lapwing, III. 133 — 



SCOLOPACIDA'l {SNIFES). 



Bill long, slender, compressed and grooved at tip ; nostrils in groove 

 at base, closed by membrane ; wings long and pointed ; tarsus long 

 and slender ; hind toe short or absent. 



CaUdru arenaria (Charadrius callidris, Callidris arenaria), Sander- 

 ling, I. 109 - 



Gallinago calcstis (Scolopax gallinago), Common Snipe, I. 125 •"• 

 Gallinago gallinula (Scolopax gallinula), Jack SNfpE, III. 69 *" 

 Machetes pugnax (Tringa pugnax), Ruff, II. 65 "•*' 

 Numenius arquata (Scolopax arquata), Curlew, III. 9 "~ 

 Phalaropus fulieaHua (P. lobatus), Grey Phalarope, II. 45 ■— 

 Scolopax rusticula (S. rusticola), Woodcock, III. 145 — < 

 Totanus calidris (Scolopax calidris), Redshank, II. 49 — 

 Totanvs hypoleuous (Tringa hypoleucus), Common Sandpiper, 

 II. 137 



Tringa alpina (T. cinclus), Dunlin, IV. 33 



Tringa minuta (T. pusilla), Little Stint, II. 41 ■ 



Bill pointed, knife-like or hooked; nostrils lateral; wings elongate 

 and well-developed for flight ; hallux free, anterior toes webbed. 



LA RID A'J (GULLS). 



Bill compressed, in some covered with an imperfect cere, tip of 

 maxilla never strongly hooked, sometimes straight ; nostrils lateral, 

 perforate ; wings long and pointed, tail long, tarsus scutellated in 

 front, reticulated behind ; hind toe mostly short. 



Lawu iirgrntatus (L. fuscus), Herring Gull, III. 13. — 

 Lams oanus, Common Gull, I. 121. - — ■ 

 Lams ridibvndui, Black-headed Gull, III. 113 7" 

 Stercorariiis crepidatus (Lestris richardsonii, Larus parasiticus), 

 Richardson's Skua, II. 153 — 



