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They include Plovers, Curlews, Phalaropes, Sandpipers (fig. 116), 

 Woodcock, Snipe, &c. 



British types are the Golden Plover (Charadrius pluvialis) 

 (fig. 117), the Lapwing or Peewit (VanelLus cristatus), dis- 

 tinguished by its handsome crest and peculiar wailing cry, the 



Fig. 116. Sandpipers (Totanus 



Woodcock (Scolopax rusticula), and the Common Snipe (Gallinago 

 ccelestis), both these last possessing long, straight, slender beaks. 



The remaining British species are: Stone Curlew ((Edicnemus scolopax)\ 

 Pratincole ( Glareolu s pratincold) ; Ringed Plover (sEgialttis hiaticuld) Kentish 

 Plover (dEL. Cantiand]\ Dotterel (Endromias morinellus] ; Oyster- Catcher 

 (Hamatopus ostralegus} ; Grey Plover (Squatarola Helvetica] ; Turnstone (Strepsilus 

 interpres); Sanderling (Calidris arenarid}; Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa Lapponica); 

 Black-tailed Godwit (Z. Belgica}; Great Snipe (Gallinago major}] Jack Snipe 

 (G. gallinula); Ruff (Machetes pugnax); Curlew (Numenius arquata); Whimbrel 

 (N. phceopus) ; Grey Phalarope (Phalaropus fulicarius] (fig. 117); Red-necked 

 Phalarope (P. hyperboreus) ; Common Sandpiper (Totanus hypoleucus] ; Wood 

 Sandpiper (T. glareolus); Green Sandpiper (T. ochropus}; Dunlin (Tringa alpind]\ 

 Knot (T. canutus); Little Stint (T, minutd]\ Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (T. acuminata}; 

 Purple Sandpiper (T. striatd); Curlew Sandpiper (T. subarquata) ; Temminck's 

 Sandpiper (T. Teinmtncki}. 



