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ANNALS OF BIRD LIFE. 



SPECIES. 



POINTS OF DISTINCTION. 



Pratincole (continued} 



Temminck's Stint . 

 Green Sandpiper . 



Wood Sandpiper . 

 Broad-billed Sandpiper 

 Dusky Redshank ? 



Caspian Tern . 

 Black-necked Grebe 



beginning at base of bill encircles 

 chin and throat, which are buff; 

 remainder of under parts nearly 

 white. Female duller than male. 

 Immature birds have pale mar- 

 gins to feathers of upper parts ; 

 throat streaked ; girdle only in- 

 dicated by spots. Length 10 

 inches. 



Outer tail feathers white. Length 

 5^ inches. 



Above, brown spotted with white ; 

 rump and outer tail feathers 

 white; axillaries and under wing 

 coverts dark brown, narrowly 

 barred with white. Length 9^ 

 inches. 



Similar to preceding, but conspi- 

 cuous white wing bar; axillaries 

 white, with few faint brown bars. 

 Length 7}^ inches. 



Bill flat and wide up to tip. Upper 

 tail coverts and secondaries uni- 

 form brown ; middle toe and 

 claw '9 inch. Length 6^/2 inches. 



Distinguished from Redshank and 

 Greenshank by white secondaries 

 barred with brown. Billblack,red 

 at base of lower mandible ; legs 

 and feet red. Length 12 inches. 



Largest British Tern ; tail only 

 slightly forked. Length 19 to 21 

 inches. 



Head and neck black; white on 

 primaries as well as secondaries. 

 Bill recurved. Length T 2 inches. 



