142 " BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE. 



[The Eev. H. A. Macpherson says that the Shag does 

 not nest at St. Bees twir, if it ever did. — Ed.] ; it is very 

 rarely seen near our shores. One was shot, Mr. J. B, 

 Hodgkinson tells me, in the autumn of 1880, between 

 Arnside and Silverdale, and Byerley says that it has 

 been met with in several instances near Liverpool at 

 the end of the year, after the breeding-season. 



GENUS SULA. 

 GANNET. 



SuLA BASSANA (LimiffiUS). 



A winter visitor, frequently appearing at sea in 

 considerable numbers, and being blown inland during 

 severe storms. Mr. John Weld writes me that on the 

 28th of November 1872, he came upon a fine specimen 

 asleep in the middle of a field in Leagram. It had 

 quite the appearance of a small drift of snow. He was 

 able to steal up to it, and seize it by the neck, the head 

 being completely buried in the scapular feathers. He 

 carried it home with some difficulty, but it only survived 

 its capture a few days. In October, 1878, also, an 

 immature bird was taken on a night-line in the same 

 neighbourhood. 



