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white stroke above each eye, beneath white ; legs greenish ; 

 weight two ounces. In hikes and rivers. 



3. ALPINA The Dunlin ; Summer Snipe: Bill, legs, and feet 

 black, above red brown, beneath white, with black spots, wings ash 

 colour, back toe very short ; length eight inches. 



FULICA ATRA The Coot : A thick callus red membrane 

 above the bill; bill and legs olive; garter yellow; belly ash 

 colour; margin of the wings white; the rest black, or very dark 

 ash colour ; weight 26 ounces ; toes scolloped. 



2. CHLOROPUS The Water- Hen; Moor- Hen: Callus, irides, up- 

 per part of the bill, and garters red; head, neck, and breast black ; 

 belly deep ash colour; margin of the wings white; the rest glossy 

 olive brown; fins of the toes strait, narrow; weight 15 ounces, 

 length 14 inches. 



RALLUSAQUATICUS The Water Rail: Bill slightly arched, slen- 

 der, above black, beneath orange ; above black, the feathers edged 

 with olive brown ; beneath ash colour ; base of the wings white ; 

 tail short, legs reddish, and near the tail; weight 4| ounces, length 

 12 inches : rare. 



2. CREX The Land Rail; Corn Crake: Bill and legs grey j 

 above black edged with light brown; beneath 'white; legs very 

 long; weight seven ounces. 



CHARADRIUS PLUVIALIS The Green Plover: Bill, head, back 

 and legs black, breast brown, belly white; upper part of the body 

 and breast spotted with green ; tail barred with black, green and 

 brown; weight nine ounces, length 11 inches. Migrates; rare. 



2. MORINELLUS The Dottrel: Bill, head, shafts of the quills, 

 belly, tip of the tail, and legs black ; a broad white line above the 

 eyes ; cheeks, throat, and thighs white ; breast and sides orange, 

 the rest olive ; weight four ounces. Migrates ; rare. 



ORDER V. GALLINJE. 



PHASIANUS COLCHICUS The Pheasant: Bill horn colour, cheek 

 membrane bright red, a tuft of black feathers near the ears, head 

 and neck tinged with rich green purple, beneath brown, tail of 

 18 feathers, long and of various colours, a short sharp spur; weight 

 45 ounces, length 36 inches. 



TETRAO The Grouse: Bare scarlet spot above the eyes, legs 

 feathered to the feet. 



2. TETRIX The fflacj? Game or Heath-Cock: Plumage black, a 



