334 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT. 
Scarce at Ince [R.N., Senr.] In September, 1887, one was 
obtained at Colwyn Bay by Mr. Porter [Coll. G.M.] Noted at 
Abergele [J.H.] 
Frequently shot at Talacre [Sir P.M. ] 
Vanellus vulgaris. Larwine. 
In Wirral, ‘‘An abundant resident” (Br. p. 11.) Breeds 
throughout the district, and assembles in large flocks in winter. 
* Strepsilas interpres. TurysTone. 
‘‘Scarce on the shores of Wirral. Has formerly been shot 
near Denhall.” (Br. p. 11.) 
An immature specimen was obtained from Hoylake, 1893 [Coll. 
G.M.] Two were shot at the mouth of the Dee, August 31, 1892, 
by Dr. Hersert Dosiz, who saw many others at the same time 
[Coll. G.M.] Mr. E. T: Locan has seen them about Heswall and 
Gayton. 
One was shot ‘‘on the mud below Glanconway Station, about 
1824,” by the late Mr. J. Price. 
** Heematopus ostralegus. OvysTeR-cATCHER. 
‘‘ Abundant on the shores,” of Wirral, ‘‘in autumn and winter. 
I have good authority for stating that it has been known to nest 
near Hoylake.” (Br. p. 11.) 
Occasionally in winter on the shores of | the Mersey, at Stanlow 
and Ince, but scarce [R.N.] 
Breeds near the Point of Air (Sir P.M. ] 
Common along the Welsh coast. Mr. Artaur Moore notes: 
‘* Common on the Conway shore. I have seen a flock of fully 
a hundred on the rocks, at high tide, near the lighthouse on the 
Great Orme.” 
* Phalaropus fulicarius. Grey PHatarope. 
“‘ Occasional in winter on the marshes and in the Hstuary of the 
Dee.” (Br. p. 18,) 
In September, 1866, the month of an irruption of this species in. 
the South of England, the late Mr. Moors recorded “a specimen 
; immature, shot on Bidston Hill, by Mr. Jonn 
WittraMs, of Claughton, Cheshire.” (Liv. Nat. Jour., Oct., 1867, 
p. 173.) 
One “seen at Leasowe, October 6th, 1874,” was reported by 
Mr, A. J. Cuark Kennepy, Leasowe Castle, in the Zoologist 
(1874, vol. ix., 2nd series, p. 4239.) 
A number of specimens were obtained on the coast and7inland 
in October, 1891, viz, one at Queen’s Ferry, October 17th 
