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A PRACTICAL HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Genus RECURVI ROSTRA Linnaeus 



421. Recurvirostra avosetta L. 



The Avocet. 



Genus LIMOSA Brisson 



422. Limosa lapponica lapponica (L.) 



The Bar-tailed Godwit. 



423. Limosa limosa limosa (L.) 



The Black-tailed Godwit 



Genus NU MEN I US Brisson 



424. Numenius arquata arquata (L.) 



The Common Curlew. 



425, Numenius phceopus phoeopus (L.) 

 The Whimbrel. 



426. Numenius borealis (Forster) 



The Eskimo Curlew. 



427. Numenius tenuirostris Vieill. 



The Slender-billed Curlew. 



Fairly regular (spring) Norfolk, 

 Kent. Sussex : elsewhere 



vagrant : used to breed . 



Chiefly passage -migrant, also 

 winter-visitor and some summer 



Irregular passage -migrant, chiefly 

 e. coast England and Ireland : 

 used to breed 



Resident, breeds, but only locally 

 s. England : some emigrate : 

 also passage -migrant and winter- 

 visitor ..... 



Summer-visitor, a few breed 

 Orkneys, Shetlands, occasionally 

 O. Hebrides : elsewhere passage - 

 migrant, exceptional winter 



Three or four England, three 

 Scotland, one or two Ireland . 



FAGE 



649 



649 

 652 



653 



Four or more, England 



65' 



661 



665 

 66< 



Genus CAPELLA Frenzel 



428. Capella media (Lath.) 



The Great Snipe. 



429. Capella gallinago gallinago (L.) 



The Common Snipe. 



430. Capella gallinago faeroeensis (Brehm) 



The Fseroe Snipe. 



Genus LYMNOCRYPTES Kaup 



431. Lymnocryptes minimus (Brurin.) 



The Jack Snipe. 



Rare passage-migrant, chiefly 

 autumn and e. and s. England . 



Resident, breeds, some emi- 

 grate : also passage-migrant 

 and winter-visitor . 



Winter-visitor, probably regular, 

 but very few identified 



671 



672 



678 



678 



Winter- visitor and passage-mi- 

 grant, somewhat local . . 679 



Genus SCOLOPAX Linnaeus 

 432. Scolopax rusticola rusticola L. 

 The Woodcock. 



Resident, breeds, some emigrate: 

 also passage -migrant and winter- 

 visitor ..... 



681 



681 



Order L A R I 

 Family LARID^E 

 Genus CHLIDONIAS Rafinesque 

 433. Chlidonias niger niger (L.) 

 The Black Tern. 



434. Chlidonias leucopareius lex copareius (Temm, 



The Whiskered Tern. 



435. Chlidonias leucopterus (Temm.) 



The White-winged Black Tern. 



685 

 685 

 686 

 Passage -migrant, England, Wales, 

 occasional n. of Yorks., Lanes, and 

 s. e. Scotland, rare vagrant else- 

 where : used to breed . . 686 

 )Rare vagrant England, one Scot- 

 land, one Ireland . . . 690 



Rare vagrant England, six Ire- 

 land .... 



692 



