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
[Illustration: 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.