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BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE. 



GENUS TICHODROMA. 



WALL-CEEEPEE. 



TiCHODROMA :\iuRARiA (Liiinaeiis). 



The only example of this continental species which 

 has occurred in Britain since the first record, in 1792, 

 was shot at Sabden, a village at the foot of Pendle Hill, 

 on May 8th, 1872 {Zool. ss. p. 4839). It was seen 

 flying about by itself, its crimson-banded wings drawing 

 the attention of a lot of mill-hands, and was at length 

 shot by a man named Edward Laycock, who took it to 



