Resident Birds. 275 



without seeing them in companies of four or five, 

 their little white tails cocked up, and looking as if 

 they were swimming on their necks. 



THE GREAT CRESTED GREBE ( Colymbus cristatus), 



v., 294. 



On all the Cheshire meres, Tatton, Tabley, Rostherne, 

 c. 



THE LITTLE GREBE, OR DAB-CHICK ( Colymbus Hebridicus) 



v., 298. 

 Common on the Cheshire .meres. 



THE NUTHATCH (Sitta Europcea), i., 60. 

 Dunham Park, but only a few. 



THE RINGDOVE, CUSHAT, OR WOOD-PIGEON ( Columba 



palumbus), iii., 164. 



Breeds in the woods in Trafford Park and about Chat 

 Moss; plentiful about Urmston, though rather rare 

 in the district generally. 



THE STOCKDOVE (Columba anas), iii., 165. 



Very scarce. Marple Wood. (On the Lancashire 

 localities, see Manchester Guardian, Jan. 21, 1882.) 



THE RED GROUSE ( Lagopus Scoticus), iii., 172 



On the moors. 

 THE COMMON PARTRIDGE (Perdrix cinerea), iii., 174. 



Upon farm-land, common. 



THE WILD DUCK (Anas Boschas), v., 270. 



This bird breeds on Carrington Moss, Chat Moss, and 

 in many other places. 



