| PARTRIDGE | The native grey and the naturalised red-legged are Britain's only types of this bird |
| SERIEMA | There are two types of this bird that live in South America. They eat snakes, which they kill by banging the snakes' heads on the ground. They can fly, but they prefer to escape danger by running away |
| DUCK | Eiderdown, the down feathers of the common eider -- which is a type of this bird -- are used in some quilts and pillows. In Pericles (act 3, prologue) is the following reference: "...the grisly north |
| FINCH | This bird's name embraces several hundred species of small conical-billed, seed-eating songbirds. Some birds that are considered a type of this bird include canaries, cardinals, goldfinches, and sparr |
| ROBIN | The American species of this bird is the largest of the North American thrushes. It lives in cities and mountains, and it is known for its red (or orangish) breast.. |
| ANNEBRONTE | Author of the novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall |
| BRONTE | Author of the novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (4,6) |
| ANNE | Author of the novels Agnes Grey and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (4,6) |
| IBIS | This bird was a symbol of the deity Thoth in ancient Egypt, and it is often depicted in ancient Egyptian art. Mummified bodies of this bird have discovered; one tomb housed 500,000. |
| SPARROW | The name of this bird refers to any of a number of small, chiefly seed-eating birds that have conical bills. In Henry IV, Part 1 (act 2, scene 4), Hal says, "He that rides at high speed and with the p |
| SWAN | Cob and pen are the male and female of this bird (4) |
| WYCH | The only type of elm regarded as truly native to Britain (4) |
| CHOUGH | Nesting on the cliffs of Britain's west coast, a red-billed, red-legged corvid and a symbol of Cornwall (6) |
| WOOLLEN | What were the only type of shrouds permitted under a 1666 English law? (7) |
| ROOT | Grab a mug: It's the only type of beer it's okay for kids to drink |
| PEKINESE | ...for the only type of dog permitted to that old Forbidden City maybe? (8) |
| CROW | Feather from Indian type of this bird is used in some fully dressed flies (4) |
| HOE | Dutch, draw and onion are just some of the types of this gardening implement (3) |
| ORCHID | The man-made Shenzhen Nongke one of the rarest and priciest types of this plant |
| BLUECAP | Two varieties of this bird seen at the cricket match between Oxford and Cambridge ! (4-3) |
