Part 16

JAY; WOOD-PIGEONS; PHEASANTS „ „ 264

OYSTER-CATCHERS; RINGED PLOVER; LITTLE STINT; CURLEW „ „ 314

BLACK-HEADED GULLS; POCHARDS, SHOVELER; WATER-HENS „ „ 328

ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT.

FIG. PAGE

1. SKELETON OF WING OF ARCHÆOPTERYX WITH REMIGES ATTACHED. From ‘Natural Science’ 4

2, 3. STRUCTURE OF A FEATHER From ‘Ibis’ 5

4. PORTION OF TWO ADJACENT BARBS „ 5

5. FOOT OF PELICAN From Owen’s ‘Anatomy of Vertebrates’ 10

6. FOOT OF PERCHING BIRD „ 10

7. FOOT OF KINGFISHER „ 10

8. STERNUM OF SHRIKE „ 13

9. WING OF NESTLING OPISTHOCOMUS From ‘Natural Science’ 15

10. WING OF YOUNG FOWL OF SAME AGE AS FIG. 9 (OF WING OF OPISTHOCOMUS) „ 16

11. WING OF ADULT OPISTHOCOMUS „ 17

12. WING OF HALF-GROWN OSTRICH „ 17

13. PELVIS AND HIND LIMB OF DIVER From Owen’s ‘Anatomy of Vertebrates’ 19

14. GIZZARD OF SWAN „ 21

15. SYRINX OF RAVEN (Posterior Surface) „ 26

16. SYRINX OF RAVEN (Lateral View) „ 26

17. SYRINX OF RAVEN CUT OPEN LONGITUDINALLY „ 26

18. SONG-THRUSH (¼ natural size) By G. E. Lodge 41

19. THROSTLE’S NEST From Photograph by R. B. Lodge 44

20. BLACKBIRD’S NEST „ 48

21. RING-OUZEL (⅕ natural size) By G. E. Lodge 50

22. WHEATEAR (⅓ natural size) „ 52

23. STONECHAT (¼ natural size) „ 56

24. REDSTART (⅓ natural size) „ 57