British Sea Birds

About this eBook

Author

Dixon, Charles, 1858-1926

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Shaun Pinder and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

QL: Science: Zoology

Subject

Water birds

Category

Text

eBook-No.

47115

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47115

Release Date

October 14, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.British Sea Birds
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.Gulls and Terns
5. 5.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.
6. 6.Plovers and Sandpipers
7. 7.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.
8. 8.Guillemots, Razorbill, and Puffin
9. 9.CHAPTER III. GUILLEMOTS, RAZORBILL, AND PUFFIN. — GUILLEMOT. — BRUNNICH’S GUILLEMOT. — BLACK GUILLEMOT. — RAZORBILL. — LITTLE AUK. — PUFFIN.
10. 10.Divers, Grebes, and Cormorants
11. 11.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.
12. 12.Ducks, Geese, and Swans
13. 13.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.
14. 14.Petrels
15. 15.CHAPTER VI. PETRELS. — FULMAR PETREL. — FORK-TAILED PETREL. — STORMY PETREL. — MANX SHEARWATER.
16. 16.Littoral Land Birds
17. 17.CHAPTER VII. LITTORAL LAND BIRDS. — WHITE-TAILED EAGLE. — PEREGRINE FALCON. — RAVEN. — JACKDAW. — HOODED CROW. — CHOUGH. — ROCK PIPIT. — MARTINS. — ROCK DOVE. — STOCK DOVE. — HERON.
18. 18.Migration on the Coast
19. 19.CHAPTER VIII. MIGRATION ON THE COAST.
20. 20.Footnotes
21. 21.Transcriber’s Notes

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