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My Name Begins With (Revisited)
Find the Bri􏰀sh bird to match the descrip􏰀on
1. I always laugh and my name begins with G 5,10
2. I have a white shield and my name begins with C 4
3. I am louder than I look and my name begins with W 4
4. I am black in America and my name begins with C 6,6
5. I walk on a bed and my name begins with D 6
6. I display nightly and my name begins with W 8
7. I appear like clockwork and my name begins with C 6
8. I’m more o􏰂en heard than seen and my name begins with C 9
9. I have more behind than in front and my name begins with L 4,6,3
10. Despite my name I have a tail and my name begins with M 4,10
11. I’m good at impersona􏰀ons and my name begins with S 8
12. I’m some􏰀mes blue and my name begins with S 4,5
13. I’m a li􏰁le down in the mouth and my name begins with W 8
14. I’m always whistling and my name begins with W 6
15. I whinny and my name begins with L 6,5
16. I have a sweet tooth and my name begins with H 5,7
17. IeatalotoffishandmynamebeginswithG 6
18. I eat fish but I don’t catch them and my name begins with G 5,4
19. I’m really a moor hen and my name begins with R 3,6
20. I have another name like my call and my name begins with L 7
Answers on p 15
Tricky Word Play (Part 2, Anagrams) on page 14)
Cryp􏰀c clues to birds containing some informa􏰀on about habitat/characteris􏰀cs
1. Second le􏰁er wandering in winter (9)
2. Got one’s teeth into seabird in reeds (7)
3. Rub down market at home in tunnel (4,6)
4. Big in the sky on rivers (6)
5. Dwelling place for a boxing bout before argument, introduced worldwide (5,7)
6. Cut off point from the marshes (5)
7. Weighty talk with black headed male (9)
8. Increase the flying apparatus with a crest (7)
9. Marine rep􏰀le, dived in the States, and purrs (6,4)
10. Sounds like half of a child’s train is black (6)
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Answers on p 21