A History of British Birds, Volume 2

appearance Ardea barred belly bill is black bird breadth breast breed British British Birds brownish Buff cheeks cinereous Common Snipe Cormorant crest crown Curlew dark brown deep Duck dull white dusky eggs feathers feet female fens ferruginous figure was taken flocks fore GALLINULE genus glossy GODWIT Goosander Goose greater coverts green greenish Greenland grey Grey Phalarope Guillemot Gull half Heron hinder Iceland Gull inches in length inches long irides Isles knees lakes Latham lead colour Linn.-Le male mandible marked marshes measures middle Montagu moult mouth nape nearly nest nostrils numbers ornithologists ounces Pennant placed plumage primary quills quills reddish rump rusty SANDPIPER scapulars Scolopax season secondary quills seldom shores shot sides slender Snipe SQUACCO HERON streaked stripe stuffed specimen tail coverts Temminck tertials thighs throat tipped with white tribe Tringa upper mandible vent webs weighs wild wing coverts winter Woodcock yellow yellowish young