DUNLIN. Piles 
At Oulton Park in November 1875, a Snipe was 
obtained under peculiar circumstances. It was shot 
while running about upon the slate roof of a building 
two storeys high, where it was apparently searching 
for food. 
JACK SNIPE. 
GALLINAGO GALLINULA, Linnzus. 
The Jack Snipe, a regular winter visitor, is much 
less plentiful than its larger congener in most parts 
of Cheshire, though Mr. H. 8. Claye tells us that it 
outnumbers the Common Snipe on the hills between 
Bosley and Wincle. SBrockholes states that until 1863 
it was abundant in Wirral, but after that date he 
noticed a falling-off in its numbers;? and Dr. Dobie 
is also of the opinion that the bird is rarer than it 
formerly was.* 7 
DUNLIN. 
TRINGA ALPINA, Linnzeus. 
The Dunlin formerly nested upon the marshes of 
the Dee Estuary. Brockholes says that ‘a few birds 
breed in suitable places in Wirral. In the spring of 
1871 I received eleven eggs which were taken by a 
boy on the Dee Marshes near Puddington and Shot- 
wick”? The greater part of this marshland is now 
under cultivation, and Dr. Dobie says that there is 
no evidence that the Dunlin breeds there now,* though 
he has seen these eggs, and is satisfied that they are 
Dunlin’s. 
1 Field, vol. xlvi. p. 561. 1875. ? Brockholes, op. cit. p. 12. 
> Dobie, op. cit. p. 336. 4 Dobie, op. cit. p. 337. 
