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1. Which wader has a distinctive black and white head and breast, a brown back, and yellow legs?
2. Which warbler has a reddish-brown breast, a dark brown head and back, and a distinctively cocked tail?
3. Which member of the finch family is most commonly found in heathland, and has a distinctive crimson crown and breast, a brown back, and brown wings with a white wing-bar?
4. Which gull has a grey back, a yellow bill with a red spot, and pink legs?
5. Which member of the bunting family has a distinctive white collar, a black hood and bib, and a brown back and wings?
6. Which duck has a chestnut head with a distinctive green stripe around the eye , running to the nape of the neck?
7. Which member of the crow family has black plumage, with a distinctive red bill and legs?
8. Which wader has a distinctive long crest, and has a black back which can appear to be green in bright sunshine?
9. Which goose has a black head,neck,upper breast, tail and legs, a white face and lower breast, and a lavender-grey back?
10. Which member of the thrush family is black with a distinctive white crescent on its breast?
11. Which member of the wheatear family has a black head and back, white patches on its neck, wings and rump, and a chestnut breast?
12. Which member of the grouse family has a plumage which changes from mottled brown in summer to almost pure white in winter , the exceptions being a black tip to its tail and a black line through its eye?
13. Which member of the shrike family has a chestnut back, blue-grey crown and rump, and a distinctive black stripe through its eye?
14. Which member of the rail family has black plumage with a white line on its side, white undertail coverts, and a red bill?
15. Which member of the swallow family has a brown back and wings, and a white underside with a distinctive brown band across its breast?
16. Which member of the tit family has a black head with white patches on its cheek and the nape of its neck, an olive-buff back, and a buffish white underside?
17. Which wagtail has a blue-grey back and wings, a yellow underside and a black throat?
18. Which sparrow has a chestnut crown, a brown back and wings, a black bib and a white cheek with a distinctive black spot?
19. Which member of the owl family has a golden-buff back and wings, and a white face and underparts?
20. Which member of the grebe family has a dark brown back, a chestnut breast, neck and cheeks, and a small pale patch on its face?
21. Which member of the falcon family has a slate-grey back, a black "moustache",a white breast and underparts streaked with black, and red thighs?
22. Which member of the heron family has buff plumage streaked and barred with dark brown and black, and green legs?
23. Which member of the auk family has a dark brown head, back and wings, white underparts and a long,pointed bill
24. Which member of the hawk family has rusty brown plumage with a streaked white head, yellow legs and a deeply-forked tail?
25. Which finch has a red-brown head and upper parts, peach underparts, white patches on its wings and tail, and a distinctively large grey-blue bill?
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