THE FAUNA OF LIVERPOOL. 



Family PARID.^. 

 Genus PARUS. 

 Parus Major. The Great Tit. 



Common. 

 Paeus Cceruleus. The Blue Tit. 



Very common. 

 Parus Ater. The Cole Tit. 



Occasional in Tranter. 

 Parus Palustris. The Marsh Tit. 



Not unfrequent — breeds occasionally here. 

 Parus Caudatus. Loug-tailed Tit. 



Not uncommon in the winter time, fljing generally in families of from eight to 

 twenty — breeds. 



Family AlVIPELID^. 

 Genus BOaiBYCILLA. 

 BoMBYciLLA Gareula. Bohemiau Waxwing. 



Ormsldrk, 1851. — Mr. Butterworth. Cheshire. Aigburth. Occasional, but rare. 



Family MOTACILLID^. 

 Genus MOTACILLA. 

 MoTACiLLA Yarrellii. The Pied Wagtail. 



Very general. 

 MoTAciLLA BoARULA. The Grey Wagtail. 



Seen now and then on their passage. 

 MoTACiLLA Flava. Raj's Wagtail. Yellow Wagtail. 

 Common ; generally breeding in com fields. 



Family ANTHID^. 

 Genus ANTHUS. 

 Anthus Arboreus. The Tree Pipit. 

 Not unfrequent — breed about the district. 

 Anthus Pratensis. The Meadow Pipit. 



Not uncommon, a few staj-ing the \^'inter — breed here. 

 Anthus Petrosus. The Piock Pipit. 



Thinly scattered along the coast. 

 Anthus Ricardi. Richard's Pipit. 



The Rev. T. Staniforth kindly communicates that he has a stufled specimen. 

 The bird was killed at Crosby. 



Second DmsJo?i.— CONIROSTRES. 

 Family ALAUDID^. 

 Genus ALAUDA. 

 Alauda Arvensis. The Skylark. 



Very common. A drab or cream-coloured variety shot at Newton -cum-Larton. 

 Aladda Arborea. The Woodlark. 



Plentiful twenty years ago ; now never seen — Mr. Mather. 



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