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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 [Totamis] 



Woodcock {Scolopax rusticula), and the Common Snipe {Galhnago 

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



The remaining British species are: — Stone Curlew (CEdicnemus scolopax); 

 Pratincole {Glareolus pratincold) ; Ringed Plover {yEgialitis hiaticuld) ; Kentish 

 Plover (^. Cantiand); Dotterel {Endromias morinellus) ; Oyster- Catcher 

 {Hcsmatopus ostralegus) ; Grey Plover {Squatarola Helvetica) \ Turnstone (Strepsilus 

 interpres); Sanderling {Calidris arenaria); Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa Lapponicd); 

 Black-tailed Godwit (L. Belgicd); Great Snipe {Gallinago major); Jack Snipe 

 {G. gallinula); Ruff {Machetes pugnax); Curlew {Numenius arquatd); Whimbrel 

 i^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 alpina); 

 Knot {T. canutus); Little Stint (T. minuta); Sharp-tailed Sandpiper (J! acuminata); 

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

 Sandpiper (7! Temmincki). 



