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BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE. 



[Mr. Pi. J. Howard writes:— "On December 13th 

 1890, Ward saw a Wood-Lark in Livesey, feeding on 

 spent hops with a flock of Greenfinches : he several 

 times got within 20 or 30 yards of the bird, which at 

 first attracted his attention by its note." — Ed.j 



GENUS OTOCORYS. 



SHORE -LARK. 



Otocorys alpesteis (Linnaeus). 



An exceedingly rare winter visitor. Mr. John Hardy 

 informs me that two instances of this bird having Ijeen 

 shot on the Lancashire side of the Mersey have come 

 mider his notice : one in the winter of 1857 at Trafford, 

 and another in 1873 near Didsbury ; and Mr. C. S. 

 Gregson, writing in September, 1882, says he recently 

 got two alive and six dead caught in r/ins amongst Sky- 

 Larks, this being on the coast near Formby. [The 

 Rev. H. A. Macpherson records three examples, shot on 

 Walney Island, October 29th 1890, by Mr. Arthur 

 Bolton.— Ed. 





