12 BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE. 



and shy. It seemed to hold itself aloof from any of the 

 same order (*S'. cenanfhc)." 



[This specimen, which is now in the possession of 

 Mr. Doeg, of St. Anne's Street, Manchester, was sent 

 by Mr. Davenport for exhibition at the Zoological 

 Society of London (P.Z.S. 1878, pp. 881, 977) ; as 

 should always be done in the case of similar rarities. 

 For a concise account of the species, see " An Illus- 

 trated Manual of British Birds," p. 23. — Ed.] 



GENUS PEATINCOLA. 



WHINCHAT. 



Pratincola rubetra (Linnaeus). 



Local Names — Euticlc, Wkin-chcck, Grass-clieck. 



A summer migrant, arriving from the beginning to 

 the middle of April, and leaving the latter half of 

 September. In the neighbourhood of Accrington Mr. 

 H. Miller thinks it has got rather scarce, and in 

 Eossendale also, according to Mr. H. Kerr, it nests very 

 sparingly ; but everywhere else throughout the county it 

 is common, and in some districts, notably the Fylde, it is 

 abundant. It frequents the cultivated land chiefly, and 

 is very fond of being in a field of newly-cut grass, but 

 Mr. E. Standen says that, in the Goosnargh district, it 

 breeds commonly on the moorlands, as well as in the 

 low country. It lays six eggs, in a nest of dry grass, 

 well concealed in a thick tuft, and is rather a late 

 breeder, the second half of the month of May being the 

 usual time. 



