

and the North of Lancashire. 529 



6. Colymbus septentrionalis. Red-throated Diver. Very rare. Within 



the last three years I have seen three specimens, all young birds, 

 taken on the coast. 

 Gen. Uria. 



7. Uria Troile. Foolish Guillemot. Rather common. Frequently 



taken in the before-named lodges. 

 Gen. Mergulus. 



8. Mergulus melanoleucos. Little Auk. Very rare. I have a beau- 



tiful specimen in its winter plumage, that is, with the white throat, 

 taken alive on Lancaster sands, the day after a severe storm. It 

 lived three days, and was then put to death. 

 Gen. Fratercula. 



9. Fratercula arctica. Puffin. Rare. Obtained occasionally in the 



estuary of the Ribble, after severe weather ; probably driven from 

 the neighbouring rocky coast of Wales, where they are so numer- 

 ous that a small rocky islet, on which they breed in prodigious 

 numbers, is called after them " Puffin Island." 

 Gen. Alca. 



10. Alca Tor da. Razor-billed Auk, and Black-billed Auk; for they 



are undoubtedly one bird. Though not exactly common, they may 

 frequently be obtained on the coast, especially by sailing in a boat 

 a few miles from the land. 



Fam. ii. — Longipennata. 



Gen. Procellaria. — Sub-gen. Thalassidroma. 



11. Thalassidroma pelagica. Stormy Petrel. Very rare, but occasion- 

 ally obtained on the coast and still more rarely inland, driven there 

 by stress of weather. Vide ' Mag. Nat. Hist' vol. ii. n. s. p. 332. 



12. Thalassidroma Bullockii. Fork-tailed Petrel. Very rare. The 

 same remarks will apply to this as to the last species. Vide ' Mag. 

 Nat. Hist.' vol. i. n. s. p. 555. 



Gen. Lestris. 



13. Lestris Richardsonii. Richardson's Lestris. Very rare. I may 



say with Dr. Moore, if the young of this bird and the black-toed 

 gull of Bewick are identical, (and I confess myself unable, even 

 with the assistance of Gould's exquisite plate, and that of Swain- 

 son, to determine the point satisfactorily), I some time since saw 

 two specimens which were taken on Lancaster sands. 



14. Lestris parasiticus. Arctic Gull. Very rare. Two adult specimens 

 of this bird, shot on the coast, have come under my observation. 



15. Lestris pomarinus. Pomarine Gull. Equally rare with the pre- 

 ceding. For the capture of two specimens vide the ' Magazine of 

 Natural History,' vol. ii. n. s. p. 333. 



Gen. Larus. — Sub-gen. 1, Rissa. 



16. Rissa cinerea. Kittiwake. Rare. Two beautiful specimens of 



the young bird were shot on a water-lodge, two miles from Black- 

 burn; the first in the winter of 1836-7, the second in the spring 

 of 1837. They are also occasionally but very rarely met with on 

 the coast. 

 Sub-gen. 2, Larus. 



17. Larus canus. Common Gull. Abundant. I have frequently ob- 

 served them in great numbers, following the plough and picking 

 up insects. 



18. Larus argentatus. Herring Gull. Common. 



19. Larus fuscus. Lesser black-backed Gull. Frequently met with 



on the coast. 



