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THE KINGED PLOVER (Charadrius hiaticula) . . . 190 



THE KENTISH PLOVER (Charadrius cantianus). . 193 



THE DOTTEREL (Charadrius morinellus) . . 194 



THE GOLDEN PLOVER (Charadrius pluvialis) . . ." 196 



THE REDSHANK AND KNOT (Totanus calidris and Tringa canutus) 202 



THE GREENSHANK (Totanus glottis} . . .206 



THE DUNLIN AND PHALAROPE (Tringa alpina and Phalaropus 



hyperboreus) . . . . . .208 



THE WOODCOCK (Scolopax rusticola) . . . .213 



THE RUFF (Machetes pugnax) . . . .218 



THE CURLEW (Numenius arquatus) . . . .219 



THE WHIMBREL (Numenius phceopus) . . . 225 



THE COMMON TERN AND ARCTIC TERN (Sterna hirundo and 



S. arctica) ...... 226 



THE SANDWICH TERN AND LESSER TERN (Sterna cantiaca and 



S. minuta) . . . . . .232 



THE BLACK-HEADED GULL (Larus ridibundus) . . 238 



THE COMMON GULL (Larus canus) . . . .243 



THE KITTIWAKE (Larus tridactylus) . . . .,247 



THE HERRING GULL (Larus argentatus) . . .252 



THE LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL (Larus fuscus) . .256 



THE GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL (Larus marinus) . 260 



KICHARDSON'S SKUA (Lestris richardsoni) . . 261 



THE GREAT SKUA (Lestris catarrhactes') . . 262 



THE PUFFIN (Fratercula arctica) . . . .263 



THE RAZORBILL (Alca torda) . . . 268 



THE GUILLEMOT (Alca troile) . . . .273 



THE BLACK GUILLEMOT (Alca grylle) . . .278 



THE RED-THROATED DIVER (Colymbus septentrionalis) . 279 



THE BLACK-THROATED DIVER (Colymbus arcticus) . 280 



THE LITTLE GREBE (Podiceps minor) . . . .281 



THE GREAT-CRESTED GREBE (Podiceps cristatus) . 284 



