THE FAUNA OF LIVERPOOL. 



PoDiCEPS AuRiTus. The Eared Grebe. 



A stuffed specimen at Oxton, which had been shot upou the Mersey shore near 

 Tranmere. 

 PoDicEPs Minor. The Little Grebe. Dabchick. 



Occasional. Bootle and elsewhere. 



Genus COLYMBUS. 

 GoLYMBUs Glacialis. The Great Northern Diver. 



Once shot at Hilbre Island. — R. Barton, Esq. 

 GoLYMBUs Septentrioxalis. The Red-throated Diver. 



Seen eveiy winter along the coast. 



Family ALCID^. 

 Genus UKIA. 

 UiUA Troile. The Common Guillemot. 



By no means uncommon around the coast after the breeding season. 



Genus MEEGULUS. 

 Mergulus Melanoleucos. The Little Auk, or Common Rotche. 

 In the Mersey. — Mir. Brnckholes. Garston. Now and Uion seen in severe 

 October or November weatlier. — Mr. Mather. 



Genus FRATERCULA. 

 Fratercula Arctica. The Puffin, or Sea Parrot. 



Mr. Butterworth has stuffed several ; souk? taken as far u]i the Mersey as 

 Runcorn. 



Genus ALCA. 

 Alca Torda. The Razor Bill. 



Rather rare. Shot at Hilbre, and seen everywhere round the shores now and 

 then. 



Family PELECANID.E. 

 Genus PHALACEOCOR^\X. 

 Phalacrocorax Carbo. The Common Cormorant. 



Very numerous upon the sandbanks. 

 Phalacrocorax Graculus. The Shag, or Green Cormorant. 



Met with in several instances at the end of the year, after the breeding 

 season. — BIr. Mather. 



Genus SULA. 

 SuLA Alba. The Gannet, or Soland Goose. 

 Not unfrequent ; following shoals of fisli. 



Family LARID.E. 

 Genus STERNA. 

 Sterna Boysii. The Sandwich Tern. 



One shot on Bootle shore. — Mr. Butterworth. Two at Crosby. Veiy rai-e. — 

 Mr. Mather. 

 Sterna Hirundo, Common Tern, or Sea Swallow. 

 Common about the coast. 

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