196 BRITISH BIRDS. 



nest was situated in the split trunk of a pine tree and was 

 fairly well lighted. 



Grey Wagtail. — Mouth (inside), yellow, unspotted. Nest 

 placed under a ledge of rock, fairly lighted. 



Meadow-Pipit. — Mouth (inside), flesh-coloured, rather paler 

 on the spurs of the tongue ; unspotted. 



Spotted Flycatcher. — Mouth (inside), yellow, unspotted. 

 Nest well lighted. 



Greenfinch. — Mouth (inside). The tongue red, spurs 

 white; palate red, shading into purple. Flanges (inside), 

 purple; (outside), deep red. Nest moderately hghted. 



Chaffinch. — Mouth (inside) purplish red. Flanges (out- 

 side), pale yellow. Nest well lighted. 



Lesser Redpoll. — Mouth (inside). The tongue and 

 flanges purplish-red, spurs of tongue white, palate white and 

 horny. Edges of upper mandible, inside, blackish. Flanges 

 (outside), pink. Nest well lighted. 



Bullfinch. Mouth (inside), red. Flanges (inside), purple ; 

 (outside), pale yellow. Nest moderately lighted. 



Yellow Bunting. — Mouth (inside), purple-red, unspotted. 

 Nest well lighted. 



Starling. — Mouth (inside), yellow, palate bristly. Flanges 

 (outside), light yellow and very large and conspicuous. Nest 

 in a thick yew tree and badly lighted. 



Skylark. — Mouth (inside), yellow, with three black spots 

 on the tongue forming the angles of a triangle, the base of the 

 triangle corresponding to the base of the tongue ; also a 

 blackish spot at the tip of the lower and upper mandibles. 

 Nest well lighted. 



Wood-Pigeon. — Mouth (inside), dirty white. Flanges in- 

 conspicuous dark grey. Nest moderately lighted. 



Lapwing. — Mouth (inside), tongue and palate white, palate 

 having peculiar little roughnesses like tiny teeth running back 

 towards the throat. 



Oyster-Catcher. — Mouth (inside), fleshy-pink. 



Common Sandpiper. — Mouth (inside), bluish-grey. 



Common Redshank. — Mouth (inside), pale bluish-grey. 



Curlew. — Mouth (inside), pale fleshy-pink. 



Arctic Tern. — Mouth (inside), fleshy-pink. 



