THE BRITISH NATURE BOOK 



but in their company hosts of passers-by, on their way beyond us to the south. 

 Generally speaking, our familiar winter visitors have come from Iceland, 

 Greenland, Scandinavia, Russia, Siberia, where they have bred. 



Brambling. 

 Mealy Redpoll. 

 Shorelark. 

 Redwing- 

 Fieldfare. 

 Black Redstart 

 Waxwing. 

 Snowy Owl. 

 Little Auk. 

 Little Gull. 

 Glaucous Gull. 

 Iceland Gull. 

 Pomathorine Skua. 



Buffon's Skua, 

 Jack Snipe. 

 Grey Plover. 

 Turnstone. 

 Purple Sandpiper. 

 Knot. 

 Sanderling. 

 Green Sandpiper. 

 Bar-tailed Godwit. 

 Greenland Falcon. 

 White-fronted Goose. 

 Bean Goose. 

 Pink-fronted Goose. 



Barnacle Goose. 

 Brent Goose. 

 Great Northern Diver. 

 Whooper Swan. 

 Bewick's Swan. 

 Scaup. 

 Golden-eye. 

 Long-tailed Duck. 

 Velvet Scoter. 

 Smew. 



Red-necked Grebe. 

 Great Shearwater. 



IV. BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 



Obviously, this is a difficult class to separate from the " visitors," because 

 these birds, in some cases, linger or travel slowly through our domains; in 

 others, even remain all the summer. The list, therefore (which is the work 

 of Mr. Kirkman), represents those birds which may really be regarded as 

 " passers-by." 



Scarlet Grosbeak. 

 Ortolan Bunting. 

 Little Bunting. 

 Lapland Bunting. 

 Richard's Pipit. 

 Tawny Pipit. 

 Water Pipit. 

 Firecrest. 



Norwegian Bluethroat. 

 Yellow-browned Warbler. 

 Icterine Warbler. 



Barred Warbler. 



Great Grey Shrike. 



Woodchat. 



Red-breasted Flycatcher. 



Roller. 



Black Tern. 



White-winged Black Tern. 



Sabine's Gull. 



Grey Phalarope. 



Great Snipe. 



Avocet. 



Little Stint. 

 Temminck's Stint. 

 Curlew Sandpiper. 

 Wood Sandpiper. 

 Spotted Redshank. 

 Black-tailed Godwit. 

 Rough-legged Buzzard. 

 Honey Buzzard. 

 Spoonbill. 

 Glossy Ibis. 



V. IRREGULAR VISITORS. 



These form a long list, which is scarcely necessary in this book. Readers 

 are referred to The British Bird Book, Vol. IV., page 592, to which superb 

 work I owe a great debt for much in this section. 



How to Observe Birds. 



There is an immense amount of work to be done in this direction, and young 

 readers who are careful may be able to add to the sum of our knowledge about 

 our birds. As Cap'en Cuttle says, " When found, make a note of" : put down 

 accurately whatever notes you make ; keep your notebook at hand ; be careful 



