286 Country Rambles. 



THE RED-BACKED SHRIKE (Lanius collurio), i., 34. 

 Sometimes seen in the summer. 



THE GREAT SHRIKE ( Lanius excubitor), i., 33. 



In Mr. Blackvvall's list, and was seen at Cheadle about 

 1850. (On the Lancashire localities of the three 

 species of Lanius, see the Manchester Guardian for 

 March nth, 1882.) 



THE MERLIN (Falco cesalon), i., 16. 



In Mr. Blackwall's list. (On the Lancashire localities, 

 see Manchester Guardian, January i4th, 1882.) 



THE DUSKY GREBE (Colymbus obscurus), v., 296. 

 Once near Manchester. 



BEWICK'S SWAN (Cygnus Beivickii), v., 262. 



A flock of twenty-nine at Crumpsall on December loth, 

 1829, and another of seventy-three at the same place, 

 February 28th, 1830. 



THE LITTLE BITTERN (Ardea minuta), iv., 205. 



A very shy and sulky little bird, sitting all of a heap, 

 and looking like a bit of brown stump. 



THE COMMON BITTERN (Botaurus stellaris), iv., 204. 



THE GREAT OR SOLITARY SNIPE (Scolopax major), iv., 226. 

 Has been seen at Urmston. 



THE NIGHTINGALE (Sylvia Luscinia), iii., 147. 



The visit of the nightingales to our neighbourhood will 

 long be remembered by those who heard their song. 



