INDEX. 





ALPINE ACCENTOR, 145 

 Aphides, 579-582 

 Auk, Little, 512 

 Auks, 36, 47, 510 

 Avocet, 37, 51 



BAR-TAILED GODWIT, 423 

 Beaks of Birds, 28, 30-41 

 Bean Goose, 457 

 Bee-eater, 294 

 Bee-eaters, 34, 292 

 Bernicle Goose, 464 

 Birds of Prey, 11, 31, 42, 49 

 Bittern, 405 



Little, 404 



Blackbird, 135, 560, 583 

 Blackcap Warbler, 158, 552, 561 

 Blackcock, 26 

 Black Grouse, 327 

 Black Tern, 528 

 Black-throated Diver, 508 

 Bohemian Waxwing, 173 

 Brent Goose, 460 

 Bullfinch, 208 

 Buntings, 33, 185 

 Bunting, Black-headed, 189, 561 



Cirl, 191, 562 



Common, 188, 561 



Snow, 186 



Yellow, 189, 562 

 Bustards, 338 

 Bustard, Great, 4, 339-364, 563 



Little, 364 



Butcher-birds, 116-119 

 Buzzards, 43, 56 

 Buzzard, African, 88 



Common, 85, 560 



Honey, 88 

 Buzzard, Rough-legged, 86, 560 



CANADA GOOSE, 468 

 Capercaillie, 325 

 Carrion Crow, 232, 562 

 Chaffinch, 192, 562 

 Chiff-chaff, 164, 552, 561 

 Chough, 215 



Classification of Birds, 7-18 

 Climbers, 16, 33, 247 



Common Guillemot, 511 



Sandpiper, 420 



Scoter, 486 



Snipe, 429, 563 



Coot, 51, 488, 563 

 Cone-billed Birds, 15, 33, 182 

 Coot, Common, 51, 488, 563 

 Cormorant, 40, 518 

 Crane, 391 



Cream-coloured Courser, 374 

 Creepers, 34, 258 

 Creeper, Common, 259, 262 

 Crake, Spotted, 442 

 Crop of Birds, 35 

 Crossbill, Common, 36, 209 

 Crows, 27, 33, 215 

 Crow, Carrion, 232, 562 

 Cuckoo, Common, 270-291, 552, 563 

 Curlew, 26, 28, 35, 412, 563 

 Curlew Sandpiper, 432 



DARTFORD WARBLER, 166, 561 

 Dipper, 127 

 Divers, 25, 36, 47, 499 

 Diver, Black-throated, 508 



Great Northern, 505 



Red- throated, 509 

 Dotterel, 382 

 Doves, 316 

 Dove, Ring, 317, 563 



Rock, 320, 563 



Stock, 319, 563 



Turtle, 322, 563 

 Ducks, 25, 28, 47, 455' 

 Duck, Eider, 483 



Ferruginous, 488 



King, 485 



Long-tailed, 491 



Pintail, 478 



Scaup, 489 



Tufted, 490 



Wild, 479, 564 

 Dunlin, 437 



EAGLES, 24, 32, 43, 56 

 Eagle, Golden, 60 



White-tailed, 59, 62 

 Eared Grebe, 503 



