THE FAUNA OF LIVERPOOL. 



ToTAXus Hypoleucos. Couimon Sandpiper. Summer Snipe. 



A few pairs breed ou the banks of most of the streams every year. 

 ToTANUs Macularius. The Spotted Sandpiper. 



Once on Formby Shore. — 3Ir. Mather. 

 ToTANUs Glottis. The (ireenshank. 



Not unconmion on the coast. 



Genus LIMOSA. 

 LiMOSA PiUFA. The Bar-tailed Godwit. 

 Pretty frequent. 



Genus MACHETES. 

 Machetes Pugnax. The Euff. Female Reeve. 



A Reeve shot at West Kirby, October, 1852. Moss near Kirby. — Mr. Mather. 



Genus SCOLOPAX. 

 ScoLOPAx RusTicoLA. The Woodcock. 



Not unfreqitent. 

 ScoLop.^x MajoPv. The Great Snipe. 



Twice at Upton, also several times at Hoylake. 

 ScoLOPAx Gallinago. The Common Snipe. 



Very abundant. 

 Scolopax Gallixula. The Jack Snipe. 



Equally common. 



Genus TRINGA. 

 Tkixga Subarquata. The Curlew. Sandpiper, or Pigmy Curlew. 



Waterloo, Formby, and about tlie mouth of the Alt. — Mr. Mather. 

 Tringa Canutus. The Knot. 



A few flocks may be seen everj' season along the coast. 

 Tringa Rufescens. The Buff-breasted Sandpiper. 



A stuffed specimen is in the possession of the Rev. Thomas Stnniforth, the bini 

 having been killed at Formby, and sent to the Livei-pool market amoiip 

 Snipes, 1839. See " Yarrell's British Birds," vol. -3, p. 58. 

 Tringa Minuta. Little Stint. 



Seen most years on the Cheshire and Lancashire shores. — 3Ir. Mather. 

 Tringa Variabilis. The Dunlin. 



Abundant round the coast, rarely inland ; in flocks during hard weulhcr. 



Faviili/ RALLID.E. 

 Genus CUl'lX. 

 CuEX Pratensis. Landrail, or Corn-crake. 



Breeds freely in meadows and clover fields. 

 Crex Porzana. The Spotted Crake. 



Three specimens shot in the autumn of 1852, at Hoylake. Kiri)y Moss. 

 Crex Pusilla. The Little Crake, or Olivaceous Gallinule. 

 One specimen from Crosby. — Mr. Mather. 



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