of Passage in the Neighbourhood of Carlisle. 99 



Upon referring to our communication for the year 1831, it 

 will be seen that one of these handsome birds, so rarely met 

 with in the North of England, was killed at Middlescugh, 

 only a few miles from the village of Dalston, on the 8th of 

 September # . 



131. Spotted Bail, or G attitude (Gallinula Porzona). — A 

 very beautiful female of this remarkably pretty species was 

 killed on Wragmire Moss on the 5th of October, the very 

 same locality from whence we obtained a male the preceding 

 year f. 



1 40. Green Sandpiper ( Totanus Ochropus). — Three or four 

 Green Sandpipers were seen in this district in the months of 

 August and September, two of which were obtained ; one 

 about the 6th of the former month, near Richardby ; the other 

 on the banks of the river Esk, within a little distance of the 

 iron bridge at Garris Town, on the 23rd of the same month. 



144*. Greenshank {Totanus Glottis). — During the month of 

 August, three or four of these birds were occasionally seen on 

 Brugh and Rockcliff Salt Marshes, and on the 25th a young 

 male and female were procured. These two birds had been 

 feeding upon Sparlings or Smelts (Osmerus Eperla?ius) 9 and 

 Shrimps [Crangon vulgaris). A third specimen, which was 

 killed about ten days previous to the above, on the banks of 

 the river Eden, near Botchardby, had recently swallowed a 

 bearded Loche (Gobitis barbatida). 



The Greenshank, which we believe is nowhere common 

 in any part of England, is rarely met with near Carlisle. 



148. Common Snipe [Scolopax Gallinago). — On the 18th of 

 October we received a specimen of this bird, which had the 

 three first primaries in both wings perfectly whke. 



150. Black-tailed Godwit (Limosa cegocephala). — A very 

 fine young male of this scarce species was shot on RockclifT 

 Salt Marsh on the 25th of August; and, as we have every 

 reason to think, the first specimen of this bird that has been 

 captured in this part of the county J. 



154. Cuneate-tailed Sandpiper (Tringa pusilla). — A pair of 

 this rare species of Sandpiper were killed on Rockcliff Salt 



* Phil. Mag. and Annals, N.S. vol. xi. p. 84. f Ibid. p. 85. 



\ The reader who has an opportunity of referring to Shaw's Genenal 

 Zoology (vol. xii. part i. pp. 73 — 77-)> W 'H fi na * a ve, T singular error relative 

 to this bird, and its congener the Bar-tailed Godwit (L. rufa). The en- 

 graving there stated to represent the Black-tailed Godwit, is in fact a 

 miserable figure of the Bar-tailed species, with the exception of the bill :— 

 on the contrary, the one given for the Bar-tailed Godwit, has the long 

 legs, black tail, and plumage of L. cegocephala. In short, these plates, ui. 

 a scientific point of view, are of the most wretched description. 



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