British Sea Birds

By
CHARLES DIXON
AUTHOR OF
“THE GAME BIRDS AND WILD FOWL OF THE BRITISH ISLANDS”;
“THE NESTS AND EGGS OF BRITISH BIRDS”;
“ANNALS OF BIRD-LIFE”;
“THE MIGRATION OF BRITISH BIRDS”;
ETC. ETC.

WITH EIGHT ILLUSTRATIONS
BY
CHARLES WHYMPER

LONDON
BLISS, SANDS AND FOSTER
1896

DEDICATION

John William Pease, D.C.L.

[Pendower, Newcastle-upon-Tyne]

AS A SMALL BUT CORDIAL TOKEN OF ESTEEM

This Volume is Inscribed

THE AUTHOR.

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CHAPTER I. GULLS AND TERNS.
The Gull Family—Changes of Plumage—Characteristics—Great Black-backedGull—Lesser Black-backed Gull—Herring Gull—Common Gull—Kittiwake—Black-headedGull—Skuas—Great Skua—Richardson’s Skua—Terns—SandwichTern—Common Tern—Arctic Tern—Roseate Tern—LesserTern—Black Tern Pages 13-60

CHAPTER II. PLOVERS AND SANDPIPERS.
Characteristics and Affinities—Changes of Plumage—Structural Characters—Oyster-catcher—RingedPlover—Kentish Plover—Golden Plover—GrayPlover—Lapwing—Turnstone—Phalaropes—GrayPhalarope—Red-necked Phalarope—Curlew—Whimbrel—Godwits—Black-tailed Godwit—Bar-tailedGodwit—Redshank—Sanderling—Knot—Curlew Sandpiper—Dunlin—PurpleSandpiper—Other species 61-121

CHAPTER III. GUILLEMOTS, RAZORBILL, AND PUFFIN.
Affinities and Characteristics—Changes of Plumage—Guillemot—Brunnich’sGuillemot—Black Guillemot—Razorbill—Little Auk—Puffin 123-150

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CHAPTER IV. DIVERS, GREBES, AND CORMORANTS.
Divers—Affinities and Characteristics—Great Northern Diver—Black-throatedDiver—Red-throated Diver—Grebes—Characteristics—Changes ofPlumage—Great Crested Grebe—Red-necked Grebe—Black-neckedGrebe—Sclavonian Grebe—Little Grebe—Cormorants—Characteristics—Changesof Plumage—Cormorant—Shag—Gannet 151-184

CHAPTER V. DUCKS, GEESE, AND SWANS.
Ducks—Characteristics—Non-diving Ducks—Characteristics of—Changes ofPlumage—Sheldrake—Wigeon—Pintail Duck—Various other Species—DivingDucks—Chara ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN! Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR!

British Sea Birds

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