APPENDIX VI 



Gull, Lesser Black-backed 



Little 

 Skua, Buffon's 



Pomatorhine 

 Arctic or Richardson's 

 Great 

 Tern, Arctic 

 Black 

 Common 

 Little 

 Roseate 

 Sandwich 



Pigeons : 

 Rock Dove 

 Stock Dove 

 Turtle Dove 

 Wood Pigeon 



Waders : 



Curlew, Common 

 Curlew Sandpiper 

 Dotterel 

 Dunlin 

 Godwit, Bar-tailed 



Black-tailed 



Greenshank 

 Knot 

 Lapwing 

 Little Stint 

 Oyster Catcher 

 Phalarope, Grey 



, Red-necked 

 Plover, Golden 

 Grey 

 Kentish 

 ,, Ringed 

 Redshank, Common 

 Spotted 

 Ruff 



Sanderling 

 Sandpiper, Common 

 Green 



Purple 



Wood 



Snipe, Common 

 Great 

 Jack 

 Stone Curlew 

 Turnstone 

 Whimbrel 

 Woodcock 



Auks are sea-birds with short legs, and three webbed toes ; wings 

 short and narrow ; tails short. Sexes alike. Young active, but fed 

 by parents. Food fish, crustaceans, &c. 



Gulls are mainly sea birds with long wings ; webbed front toes and 

 small hind toe. Gulls have slightly hooked bills and even tails. Terns 

 have long slender bills, forked tails, and short legs. Skuas have 

 hooked bills and wedge-shaped tails. Sexes alike. Young soon able 

 to run, but food is provided for them by parents. Food chiefly fish, 

 crustaceans, &c. 



Pigeons are land birds with four un webbed toes and short legs ; small 

 eads. Sexes alike. Young helpless and fed by parents. Food chiefly 

 vegetable. 



The Waders are mainly shore birds ; legs usually long, three front 

 toes strong, hind toe insignificant or absent ; wings pointed (except 

 those of the lapwing) ; tail short. Sexes generally alike. Young 

 run and feed themselves almost immediately. Food chiefly insects, 

 worms, &c. 



CUCULIFORMES (" CUCKOO-SHAPED ") 



The Cuckoo is the only British bird in this Order. Wings long, 

 legs short ; two front and two hind toes. Tail long. Sexes alike. 

 Young helpless, and fed by foster parents. Food chiefly insects. 



CORACIIFORMES (" CROW-SHAPED ") 



A variety of perching birds. Four toes. Rather short legs. Only 

 slight difference between sexes. Young helpless and fed by parents. 



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