LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
[1. Missel Thrush] Frontispiece FACING PAGE [2. Song Thrush] 4 [3. Fieldfare] 10 [4. Blackbird] 16 [5. Ring Ouzel] 20 [6. Wheatear] 22 [7. Stonechat] 30 [8. Redstart] 32 [9. Robin] 36 [10. Nightingale] 38 [11. Whitethroat] 40 [12. Lesser Whitethroat] 42 [13. Blackcap] 46 [14. Dartford Warbler] 48 [15. Fire-crested Wren and Golden-crested Wren] 50 [16. Chiffchaff and Willow Wren] 54 [17. Reed Warbler and Marsh Warbler] 60 [18. Grasshopper Warbler] 66 [19. Hedge Accentor (Hedge Sparrow)] 68 [20. Bearded Reedling] 72 [21. Long-tailed Tit] 74 [22. Great Tit] 76 [23. Marsh Tit] 78 [24. Nuthatch] 80 [25. Common Wren] 82 [26. Tree-Creeper] 84 [27. Pied Wagtail] 86 [28. Grey Wagtail] 88 [29. Blue-headed Wagtail] 90 [30. Tree Pipit and Meadow Pipit] 92 [31. Red-backed Shrike] 102 [32. Waxwing] 104 [33. Spotted Flycatcher] 106 [34. Sand-Martin] 112 [35. Greenfinch] 114 [36. Goldfinch] 118 [37. Tree-Sparrow] 124 [38. Chaffinch] 126 [39. Linnet] 130 [40. Mealy Redpoll] 132 [41. Bullfinch] 136 [42. Crossbill] 138 [43. Yellow Bunting (Yellow Hammer)] 142 [44. Cirl Bunting] 144 [45. Snow Bunting and Lapland Bunting] 150 [46. Starling] 152 [47. Jay] 156 [48. Magpie] 158 [49. Jackdaw] 160 [50. Rook] 166 [51. Skylark] 168 [52. Common Swift] 174 [53. Wryneck] 178 [54. Greater Spotted Woodpecker] 180 [55. Kingfisher] 182 [56. Cuckoo] 186 [57. Barn Owl] 190 [58. Long-eared Owl] 192 [59. Tawny Owl] 194 [60. Golden Eagle] 204 [61. Peregrine] 212 [62. Kestrel] 216 [63. Shag] 220 [64. Bittern] 228 [65. Sheld-Duck] 240 [66. Mallard or Wild Duck] 242 [67. Shoveller] 246 [68. Wigeon] 252 [69. Tufted Duck] 256 [70. Common Scoter] 262 [71. Red-breasted Merganser] 266 [72. Stock Dove] 270 [73. Turtle Dove] 272 [74. Red Grouse] 276 [75. Partridge] 280 [76. Land-Rail] 284 [77. Water-Rail] 286 [78. Moor-hen] 288 [79. Stone Curlew] 294 [80. Ringed Plover] 300 [81. Golden Plover and Grey Plover] 304 [82. Lapwing] 308 [83. Oyster-Catcher] 312 [84. Grey Phalarope and Red-necked Phalarope] 314 [85. Woodcock] 318 [86. Dunlin] 324 [87. Redshank] 342 [88. Curlew] 348 [89. Common Tern] 354 [90. Black-headed Gull] 360 [91. Herring Gull] 364 [92. Greater Black-backed Gull] 368 [93. Kittiwake] 370 [94. Richardson’s Skua] 374 [95. Razorbill] 376 [96. Common Guillemot] 378 [97. Black Guillemot] 380 [98. Red-throated Diver] 386 [99. Great-crested Grebe] 388 [100. Storm Petrel and Leach’s Petrel] 392
Diagram showing the Topography of a Bird.
Wing. 1. Lesser Coverts. 2. Median ” Greater or Major Coverts. 3. Primary ” 4. Secondary ” Quills, Remiges, or Flight feathers. 5. Primaries 6. Secondaries 7. Bastard-Primary. 8. ” Wing. Leg. Tarsus. Ist or hind toe. IInd or inner toe. IIIrd or middle toe. IVth or outer toe. *This joint is the heel proper, but is commonly called the thigh.