and the North of Lancashire. 431 



Sub-gen. 2. Ficedula. 



15. Ficedula Rubecula. Redbreast. Very common.* 



16. Ficedula Rutacilla. Redstart. Not very plentiful, though speci- 



mens may always he obtained in the summer. 

 Gen. Curruca. — Sub-gen. 1. Salicaria. 



17. Salicaria arundinacea. Reed Warbler. Rare. 



18. Salicaria Phragmites. Sedge Warbler. Tolerably plentiful, be- 

 ing the most common of the Salicaria, and found about almost 

 every old pit or pond, chattering in its peculiar way. 



19. Salicaria Locustella. Grasshopper Warbler. Rare, though a few 

 specimens may generally be procured every summer : last sum- 

 mer, however, not one was to be found. At that time I was anx- 

 ious to complete a small case of the British warblers ; after the 

 most diligent search for many days, both by myself and several 

 agents, and that too in localities where they had been, for this bird, 

 tolerably plentiful, not one was either seen or heard. I have on- 

 ly heard it twice this summer. 



Sub-gen. 2. Curruca. 



20. Curruca atricapilla. Blackcap. Rather a scarce bird with us. 



21. Curruca cinerea. Whitethroat. Not an uncommon species, though 

 not abundant. As to the Curruca garrula, notwithstanding the 

 most diligent search and enquiries, I have never been able to meet 

 with it. 



22. Curruca hortensis. Garden Warbler. Very common. 

 Gen. Accentor. 



23. Accentor modularis. Hedge Accentor. Very common. 

 Gen. Regulus. 



24. Regulus auricapillus. Golden crested Wren. In certain locali- 



ties very plentiful. 

 Gen. Svlvicola. 



25. Sylvicola Trochilus. Willow Wren. Common.f 



26. Sylvicola sibilatrix. Wood Wren. Plentiful. 



27. Sylvicola rufa. Chiff-chaff. Abundant. 

 Gen. Troglodytes. 



28. Troglodytes Europceus. Common Wren. Abundant. 

 Gen. Motacilla. — Sub-gen. 1. Motacilla. 



29. Motacilla alba. White Wag-tail. Very abundant. 

 Sub-gen. 2. Budytes. 



30. Budytes jlava. Yellow Wag-tail. Common. 



31. Budytes boarula. Grey Wag-tail. Much more restricted in num- 



bers than its congeners. 

 Gen. Anthus. 



32. Anthus trivialis. Tree Pipit. Common. 



33. Anthus pratensis. Meadow Pipit. Especially abundant. 



34. Anthus aquaticus. Rock Pipit. Very rare. Specimens met with 



occasionally on the coast. 



* I am in possession of a robin which many persons would call white; but 

 it is of a dusky cream colour, the marking on the breast being of a lighter 

 hue than the rest of the plumage. 



f A few years back, a friend of mine shot a white willow-wren in the Fo- 

 rest of Bowland, where he resides. It was one of the most lovely little birds 

 I ever beheld. Unfortunately the gentleman who shot it knew nothing of 

 the art of bird-mounting, nor even of skinning a bird ; and when I saw it, 

 it was in a state of decay. The colour was not pure white, but had a slight 

 tinge of yellow. 



