THE BIRDS OF CUMBERLAND. 81 



Genus PAN DION. 



P. Halicetus. Ospret. 



The Osprey is a casual visitant of uncommon 

 occurrence. An Osprey was shot at Netherby in 

 the spring of 1837 ; another was trapped at Barron 

 Wood, 1869; a third was shot on Derwent in 1870 ; 

 a fourth, storm-beaten and emaciated, was shot in 

 1881, at Gosforth, on September 23rd ; in 1883, 

 a fifth, also tempest-driven, was closely seen at 

 Rockliffe, Sept. 27th and 28th, narrowly escaping 

 the indignity of being captured by a servant girl. 

 In Ulleswater, Dr. Heysham states that the Osprey 

 was resident and bred at the close of the last 

 century. 



Family PELECANIDiE. 



Genus PH AL AC KO COR AX. 



P. Carlo. Cormorant. 



The Cormorant is resident, but local as a 

 breeding species, a single colony nesting at St. Bees 

 Head. Adults may be constantly observed on the 

 Ravenglass estuary during the summer ; but it is 

 not until the beginning of September that many 

 Cormorants haunt our inland lakes or the estuaries 

 of the Solway. In winter, single birds and small 

 parties constantly fly up with the tide to fish for eels 

 in favourite pools and inland waters, often resting 

 in rows upon the mud flats at low water. Immature 

 white-breasted birds are rather more numerous than 

 adults on the Solway. A fine old bird was meshed 

 in a flight-net on the Duddon in the winter 1884-5. 



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