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ception all the specimens I have heard of were taken on the moors. 

 Sub-gen. 2. Strix. 



11. Strix Jlammea. Barn Owl. Very common. 

 Sub-gen. 3. Syrnium. 



12. Syrnium Aluco. Wood Owl or Brown Owl. In these parts now 

 become rather scarce, though specimens are procurable occasion- 

 ally by using a little extra exertion. I learn from the game-keep- 

 ers, (their bitterest persecutors), that within a few years they were 

 very numerous in the woods towards the Ribble. 



The above are all the species of owl that have come under my 

 own observation, but T heard of two specimens of a small owl be- 

 ing shot in the neighbourhood of Blackpool last year, which from 

 the description must have been Scops Aldrovandi. 



Order II.— PASSERES. 



Fam. i. — Dentirostres. 

 Gen. Lanius. 



1. Lanius Collurio. Red-backed Shrike. This is by no means a rare 



bird, several specimens being procured every year. 

 Gen. Muscicapa. 



2. Muscicapa grisola. Spotted Fly-Catcher. Very common. 



3. Muscicapa atricapilla. Pied Flycatcher. Extremely rare. I ne- 



ver saw or heard of but one specimen, which was shot a few years 

 back in the woods at Feniscowles, 3^ miles W. of Blackburn, the x 

 seat of W. Feilden, Esq. M.P. ; and is now in the possession of 

 Mr. Cunningham, brewer, of this town. 

 Gen. Bombycilla. 



4. Bombycilla Bohemica. Waxen Chatterer. Equally rare with the 



preceding, as I never heard of more than one specimen, which was 

 shot a few years back near Ribchester, out of a small flock. 

 Gen. Turdus. 



5. Turdus Merula. Blackbird. Common in gardens, orchards, thick- 



ets and plantations. 



6. Turdus tor quatus. Ring Ouzel. Frequent on the Moors. It breeds 



in all the mountain districts described in my topographical sketch. 

 It is remarkably wild and shy in its manners, and owing to its ex- 

 treme wariness, specimens are procurable with difficulty. 



7. Turdus viscivorus. Missel Thrush. Common. 



8. Turdus pilaris. Fieldfare. Common. 



9. Turdus musicus. Song Thrush. Common. 

 10. Turdus iliacus. Redwing. Common. 



Gen. Cinclus. 



11. Cinclus aquaticus. Water Ouzel. This bird is plentiful with us; 

 it has been shot within three miles of Blackburn. It is found in 

 all the mountain streams, I have also seen it in the larger rivers, 

 - -Hodder and Ribble. 



Gen. Sylvia. — Sub-gen. 1 . Saxicola. 



12. Saxicola rubicola. Stonechat. Not very plentiful ; it is the rar- 



est of the Saxicola. 



1 3. Saxicola Rubetra. Whinchat. Abundant in every meadow. 



14. Saxicola CEnanthe. Wheatear. Common, though not so much 



so as S. Rubetra, probably owing to its affecting particular loca- 

 lities, as old quarries, walls, and stony places generally. I have 

 found it most plentiful amongst the mountains in Bowland. 



