7814 BinJs. 



Quail [P. cotiirni.v). Cum, seeds, small insects. 



Stone Curlew {(Edicnemus crepitans). Insects, earth-worms, small 

 sharp stones, small pieces of heather. 



Golden Plover (Charadrius pluvialis). Fine roots, seeds of Carices, 

 insects, earth-worms, sea-weed, mud, gravel. 



Dolterell (C morinellus). Earth-worms. 



Ringed Plover (C. hiaticula). Marine and fresh-water insects, 

 earth-worms, sand-hoppers, fragments of shells, small fibres of plants, 

 gravel. 



Kentish Plover (C. cantianus). Sand, marine insects. 



Little Ringed Plover (C miiior). Insects, sand, a few fibres of 

 plants. 



Gray Plover {Vanellus melanogaster). Earth-worms. 



Lapwing [V. cristatus). Earth-worms, grubs, marine and fresh- 

 water insects, gravel. 



Turnstone {Slrepsilas interpres). Marine insects, pieces of sea- 

 weed, small univalves. 



Sanderling {Calidris arenaria) . Marine insects, small univalves. 



Oystercatcher {Hannatopus ostralegus). Marine and fresh-water in- 

 sects, limpets, shrimps of several species, earth-worms. 



Heron {Ardea ciiierea). Water vole, mice, frogs, trout, large water 

 insects and their larvs, Dytiscus marginalis. 1 once saw a heron kill 

 a small duckling, but without making any attempt to swallow it after- 

 wards. 



Bittern [A. s(ellaris). Trout, dace, large beetles. 



Curlew [Numenius arquata). Marine and fresh-water insects, earth- 

 worms, gravel. 



Whimbrel (A^. plKBopiis). Marine and fresh-water insects, earth- 

 worms, small gray slugs. 



Redshank [Totamis calidris). Insects, small marine univalves. 



Green Sandpiper (7". ochropus). Small beetles. 



Wood Sandpiper (7". glareola). Fibres of plants, minute aquatic 

 insects. 



Common Sandpiper (7". hypoleucos). Small pupa3, marine and 

 fresh- water insects, sand-hoppers, flies from decayed sea-weed. 



Spotted Sandpiper {T. macularius). Coarse gravel, minute 

 worms. 



Greenshank {T. glottis). Marine insects, fine sand. 



Blacktailed Godwit {Liniosa ntelamira). Marine insects, sand. 



Woodcock [Scolopax rusticola) . Insects, earth-worms. 



Great Snipe (»S'. major). Earth-worms. 



