TOTANUS HYPOLEUCOS. Common Sandpiper. Summer Snipe.
A few pairs breed on the banks of most of the streams every year.
TOTANUS MACULARIUS. The Spotted Sandpiper.

Once on Formby Shore.-Mr. Mather.
TOTANUS GLOTTIS. The Greenshank.

Not uncommon on the coast.

Genus LIMOSA.

LIMOSA RUFA. The Bar-tailed Godwit.

Pretty frequent.

Genus MACHETES.

MACHETES PUGNAX. The Ruff. Female Reeve.

A Reeve shot at West Kirby, October, 1852. Moss near Kirby.-Mr. Mather.

TRINGA SUBARQUATA. The Curlew Sandpiper, or Pigmy Curlew.
Waterloo, Formby, and about the mouth of the Alt.-Mr. Mather.

TRINGA CANUTUS. The Knot.

A few flocks may be seen every season along the coast.

TRINGA RUFESCENS. The Buff-breasted Sandpiper.

A stuffed specimen is in the possession of the Rev. Thomas Staniforth, the bird having been killed at Formby, and sent to the Liverpool market among Snipes, 1829. See "Yarrell's British Birds," vol. 3, p. 58.

TRINGA MINUTA. Little Stint.

Seen most years on the Cheshire and Lancashire shores.-Mr. Mather.

TRINGA VARIABILIS. The Dunlin.

Abundant round the coast, rarely inland; in flocks during hard weather.

CREX PRATENSIS.

Family RALLID.E.

Genus CREX.

Landrail, or Corn-crake.

Breeds freely in meadows and clover fields.

CREX PORZANA. The Spotted Crake.

Three specimens shot in the autumn of 1852, at Hoylake. Kirby Moss.
CREX PUSILLA. The Little Crake, or Olivaceous Gallinule.
One specimen from Crosby.-Mr. Mather.

PHALAROPUS HYPERBOREAS. The Red-necked Phalarope.

One specimen from a pit in Cheshire.-Mr. Mather.

CYGNUS FERUS. The Hooper, or Whistling Swan.

Was seen in meadows at Upton, a few years ago. Between Leasowe and the

Carr, 1853.-Mr. Brockholes.

CYGNUS OLOR. The Mute Swan.

Half domesticated, about ornamental waters.

Genus TADORNA.

TADORNA VULPANSER. The Shelldrake. Burrow Duck.

Not uncommon about the Dee. Breeds occasionally in the rabbit warrens of the coast, and in the Middle Hilbre Island.

ANAS CLYPEATA.

Shot at Hoylake.

Genus ANAS.

The Shoveler. Blue-winged Shoveler, or Broadbill.

ANAS ACUTA. The Pintail Duck.

Has been shot several times both at Upton and Hoylake.

ANAS BOSCHAS. The Wild Duck.

Common. Breeds occasionally in the vicinity of ponds. There is a duck decoy at Hale.

ANAS QUERQUEDULA. Garganey Teal.

One specimen at Ormskirk.-Mr. Mather. ANAS CRECCA. The Teal.

Very common.

ANAS PENELOPE. The Wigeon.

Common.

Genus SOMATERIA.

SOMATERIA MOLLISSIMA. The Eider Duck, or St. Cuthbert's Duck. One killed near the Potteries, three years ago, in stormy November weather.Mr. Mather.

Genus OIDEMIA.

OIDEMIA NIGRA. The Common Scoter.

Very abundant about the sandbanks.

Genus FULIGULA.

FULIGULA FERINA. Pochard, or Dunbird.

Rare, but has been shot near Hoylake in flooded meadows. One caught in a field near Upton and kept amongst ducks.-Mr. Webster.

FULIGULA NYROCA. The Ferruginous Duck. The White-eyed Duck. Shot at Newton-cum-Larton, opposite the New House Farm, November, 1853; also by Mr. Banks at Weston, near Runcorn, January, 1854.

FULIGULA MARILA. The Scaup Duck.

Equally as rare as the Pochard, but shot under the same circumstances. FULIGULA CRIstata. The Tufted Duck.

Knowsley, 1847.—Mr. S. Archer. Occasional specimens from the neighbourhood stuffed by Mr. Mather.

FULIGULA CLANGULA. The Golden Eye.

Abundant in severe weather about Hoylake and other parts of the coast.

Rare in hard weather. One taken at Tranmere. Weston, neer Runcorn; shot

by Mr. Banks, January, 1854.

MERGUS SERRATOR. The Red-breasted Merganser.

Taken rarely in severe winters.-Mr. Mather.

MERGUS MERGANSER.

Goosander.

In severe weather occasionally.

Family COLYMBIDÆ,

Genus PODICEPS.

PODICEPS CRISTATUS. The Great-crested Grebe.

Often taken on the river in severe winter seasons.-Mr. Mather. Weston, near] Runcorn, January 7th, 1854.-Mr. Banks.

A stuffed specimen at Oxton, which had been shot upon the Mersey shore near

Tranmere.

PODICEPS MINOR. The Little Grebe. Dabchick.

Occasional. Bootle and elsewhere.

COLYMBUS GLACIALIS.

Genus COLYMBUS.

The Great Northern Diver.

Once shot at Hilbre Island.-R. Barton, Esq.

COLYMBUS SEPTENTRIONALIS. The Red-throated Diver.

Seen every winter along the coast.

Family ALCIDE.

Genus URIA.

URIA TROILE. The Common Guillemot.

By no means uncommon around the coast after the breeding season.

Genus MERGULUS.

MERGULUS MELANOLEUCOs. The Little Auk, or Common Rotche.
In the Mersey.—Mr. Brockholes. Garston. Now and then seen in severe
October or November weather.-Mr. Mather.

FRATERCULA ARCTICA.

Genus FRATERCULA.

The Puffin, or Sea Parrot.

Mr. Butterworth has stuffed several; some taken as far up the Mersey as Runcorn.

Rather rare. Shot at Hilbre, and seen everywhere round the shores now and then.

Family PELECANIDE.

Genus PHALACROCORAX.

PHALACROCORAX CARBO. The Common Cormorant.

Very numerous upon the sandbanks.

PHALACROCORAX GRACULUS. The Shag, or Green Cormorant.

Met with in several instances at the end of the year, after the breeding season. Mr. Mather.

STERNA BOYSII. The Sandwich Tern.

One shot on Bootle shore.-Mr. Butterworth. Two at Crosby. Very rare.— Mr. Mather.

STERNA HIRUNDO.

Common Tern, or Sea Swallow.

Common about the coast.

STERNA MINUTA. The Lesser Tern.

Not uncommon on the Wirral and Lancashire coast.

STERNA FISSIPES. The Black Tern.

Rare. Killed at Bootle. Occasionally seen on their passage.-Mr. Mather.

Genus LARUS.

LARUS MINUTUS. The Little Gull.

One killed near New Ferry. Another at Formby. Rare.

LARUS RIDIBUNDUS. The Black-headed Gull.

LARUS CANUS. The Common Gull.

Very abundant, frequenting meadows in stormy weather. LARUS FUSCUS. The Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Rather scarce.

A specimen caught upon a cod hook at Hoylake, 1852.

LARUS ARGENTATUS. The Herring Gull.

More common than the foregoing.

LARUS MARINUS. The Great Black-backed Gull.

Crosby. Mr. Butterworth. Rarely shot, though often seen in flocks.
Mather has had one about every March for three years.

Mr.

Seen occasionally. One shot at Bidston-cum-Ford, as he was making an attack upon some chickens.

LESTRIS POMARINUS. The Pomerine Skua.

Shot at Hoylake, September, 1852, by Mr. H. Crump.
LESTRIS RICHARDSONI. Richardson's Skua.
Shot in the river Mersey several times.-Mr. Mather.

Genus PROCELLARIA.
PROCELLARIA GLACIALIS. The Fulmar Petrel.
At Wallasey, 1854, in stormy weather during the spring.

Genus THALASSIDROMA.

THALASSIDROMA LEACHII. The Forked-tailed Petrel.

Has been often found. Two kept alive for three days by Mr. Mather. THALASSIDROMA PELAGICA. The Storm Petrel.

Seen in stormy weather every winter.