Chapters (110)
- British Sea Birds
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- Gulls and Terns
- CHAPTER I. GULLS AND TERNS.
- GREAT BLACK-BACKED GULL.
- LESSER BLACK-BACKED GULL.
- HERRING-GULL.
- COMMON GULL.
- KITTIWAKE.
- BLACK-HEADED GULL.
- THE SKUAS.
- SANDWICH TERN.
- COMMON TERN.
- THE ARCTIC TERN.
- ROSEATE TERN.
- LESSER TERN.
- BLACK TERN.
- Plovers and Sandpipers
- CHAPTER II. PLOVERS AND SANDPIPERS.
- OYSTER-CATCHER.
- RINGED PLOVER.
- KENTISH PLOVER.
- GOLDEN PLOVER.
- GRAY PLOVER.
- LAPWING.
- TURNSTONE.
- PHALAROPES.
- CURLEW.
- WHIMBREL.
- GODWITS.
- REDSHANK.
- SANDERLING.
- KNOT.
- CURLEW SANDPIPER.
- DUNLIN.
- PURPLE SANDPIPER.
- Guillemots, Razorbill, and Puffin
- CHAPTER III. GUILLEMOTS, RAZORBILL, AND PUFFIN.
- GUILLEMOT.
- BRUNNICH’S GUILLEMOT.
- BLACK GUILLEMOT.
- RAZORBILL.
- LITTLE AUK.
- PUFFIN.
- Divers, Grebes, and Cormorants
- CHAPTER IV. DIVERS, GREBES, AND CORMORANTS.
- GREAT NORTHERN DIVER.
- BLACK-THROATED DIVER.
- RED-THROATED DIVER.
- GREBES.
- GREAT CRESTED GREBE.
- RED-NECKED GREBE.
- BLACK-NECKED GREBE.
- SCLAVONIAN GREBE.
- LITTLE GREBE.
- CORMORANTS.
- CORMORANT.
- SHAG.
- GANNET.
- Ducks, Geese, and Swans
- CHAPTER V. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS.
- NON-DIVING DUCKS.
- SHELDRAKE.
- WIGEON.
- PINTAIL DUCK.
- DIVING DUCKS.
- EIDER DUCK.
- COMMON SCOTER.
- VELVET SCOTER.
- SCAUP DUCK.
- TUFTED DUCK.
- POCHARD.
- GOLDEN-EYE.
- LONG-TAILED DUCK.
- MERGANSERS.
- RED-BREASTED MERGANSER.
- GOOSANDER.
- SMEW.
- GEESE.
- GRAY LAG GOOSE.
- WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE.
- BEAN GOOSE.
- BRENT GOOSE.
- BERNACLE GOOSE.
- SWANS.
- HOOPER SWAN.
- BEWICK’S SWAN.
- Petrels
- CHAPTER VI. PETRELS.
- FULMAR PETREL.
- FORK-TAILED PETREL.
- STORMY PETREL.
- MANX SHEARWATER.
- Littoral Land Birds
- CHAPTER VII. LITTORAL LAND BIRDS.
- WHITE-TAILED EAGLE.
- PEREGRINE FALCON.
- RAVEN.
- JACKDAW.
- HOODED CROW.
- CHOUGH.
- ROCK PIPIT.
- MARTINS.
- ROCK DOVE.
- STOCK DOVE.
- HERON.
- Migration on the Coast
- CHAPTER VIII. MIGRATION ON THE COAST.
- Footnotes
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