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quities of the Abbey of Funiess," T, A. Beck, 1844 ; 

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 History of Selborne," Rev. Gilbert White, ed. Jesse, 

 1851 ; " Eggs of British Birds," Hewitson, 3rd ed., 

 1856 ; " British Birds," Yarrell, 3rd ed., 1856, and 4th 

 ed., 1871-85 ; " The Fauna of Liverpool," Isaac Byer- 

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 1860 ; Xatnralists' Scrap Book, 1863-64 ; Science 

 Gossip; " Montagu's Dictionary," ed. Newman, 1866; 

 Land and Water ; Liverpool Naturalists' Journal, 1866, 

 et seq.; "Papers, Letters, and Journals of William 

 Pearson, of Crosthwaite," 1863 ; " Occurrences of Grey 

 Phalarope in 1866," J. H. Gurney, Jun., 1867; 

 " Portfolio of Fragments," Gregson, 1869 ; " Report of 

 Bury Natural History Society," 1871 ; " Handbook of 

 British Birds," J. E. Harting, 1872; "History of 

 Wlialley," Whitaker, 4th ed., 1872-76 ; Yorkshire 

 Naturalists' Recorder; " A Cavalier's Note Book," ed. 

 Rev. T. E. Gibson, n.d. ; "Lancashire and Cheshire, 

 Past and Present," Thos. Baines, n.d. ; " Manchester 

 Walks," Grindon, 1882 ; Field Naturalist, Manchester, 

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 of Walney Island," W. A. Durnford, 1883 ; " Birds of 

 Europe," H. E. Dresser, 1871-83. 



Many scattered passages are found in the pages of old 

 writers showing the then wild and uncultivated state of 

 the country ; and the wide expanses of land — now bare 

 and comparatively treeless — which go by the names of 

 the Forests of Bowland, of Pendle, of Trawden, and so 

 on, indicate the vast extent of the changes which have 

 come about in modern times. Shortly before the 



