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17. Tringa subarquata. Pygmy Curlew. Occasionally met with in 

 the summer. 



18. Tringa alpina. Dunlin or Purre. Common. It may give some 

 idea of the immense number of these birds, when I state that the 

 week before last a gentleman near Lytham, with a common fowl- 

 ing piece, killed thirty-four at one shot. 



19. Tringa minuta. Little Stint. Rare. 

 Gen. Arenaria. 



20. Arenaria Calidris. Sanderling. Sparingly scattered on the coast. 

 Gen. Phalaropus. 



21. Phalaropus lobatus. Grey Phalarope. Rare. I have two speci- 



mens ; one killed near Lytham, the other on Lancaster sands. 

 Gen. Strepsilas. 



22. Strepsilas interpres. Turnstone. Though not numerous, speci- 

 mens are always attainable in the spring. 



Gen. Totanus. 



23. Totanus Calidris. Red-shank. Frequently met with on the coast. 



24. Totanus oehropus. Green Sandpiper. Very rare in these parts. 

 For a notice of the capture of two s vide ' Mag. Nat. Hist.' vol. i. r 

 n. s., p. 555. 



25. Totanus hypoleucos. Common Sandpiper. Met with abundantly 

 in all our brooks and rivers. 



Fam. iv. — Macrodactyla. 



Gen. Rallus.— Sub-gen. 1. Rallus. 



26. Rallus aquaticus. Water Rail. Common. 

 Sub-gen. 2. Crex. 



27. Crex pratensis. Land Rail. Generally speaking plentiful enough 

 in the summer, but this year, from some unknown cause, they are 

 remarkably scarce. I have heard them in but four localities. 



28. Crex Porzana. Spotted Rail. Rare : though I have been inform- 

 ed by some farmers that in the neighbourhood of Martin's Meer 

 they are as abundant as Rallus aquaticus. 



Gen. Gallinula. 



29. Gallinula chloropus. Water Hen. Abundant. 

 Gen. Fulica. 



30. Fulica atra. Coot. Very rare. 



ORDER VI.— PALMIPEDES. 



Fam. i. — Brachyptera. 



Gen. Podiceps. 



1. Podiceps cristatus. Crested Grebe. Very rare. 



2. Podiceps rubricollis. Red-necked Grebe. Very rare. The only 



specimen that I ever met with, I obtained last winter in the mar- 

 ket at Preston, on January the 23rd, 1838. 



3. Podiceps minor. Little Grebe. Common. In this neighbourhood 



it is frequently met with in the water-lodges formed in the hills 

 for the purpose of supplying the factories, bleach-works, &c. 

 Gen. Colymbus. 



4. Colymbus glacialis. Northern Diver. Very rare. A few years since 



an adult specimen was taken in the Fylde country, and since then 

 two young specimens have been caught at the mouth of the Ribble. 



5. Colymbus arcticus. Black-throated Diver. Very rare. In the win- 



ter of 1835-6 I saw a remarkably fine young specimen in the hands 

 of an animal-preserver of Preston : it was captured below Lytham. 



