288 Country Rambles. 



THE COMMON WILD GOOSE (Anser palustris), v., 251. 

 A flock of these birds was once seen feeding in a field 

 at Withington. 



THE WILD SWAN (Cy gnus ferns), v., 261. 



One preserved in the Peel Park Museum was shot 

 near Bolton. Occasionally seen at Lymm. 



THE SCLAVONIAN GREBE (Podiceps cornutus), v., 296. 

 One shot near Oldham many years ago is now in the 

 Peel Park Museum. 



THE COMMON TERN (Sterna Hirundo), vi., 316. 



Occasionally seen upon the Mersey and the lower 

 Irwell. 



THE BLACK TERN (Sterna nigra), vi., 323. 



THE BLACK-HEADED GULL (Larus ridibundus), vi., 331. 



THE COMMON GULL (Larus canus), vi., 334. 



THE KITTIWAKE (Larus tridactylus), vi., 340. 



Gulls are frequently seen in the winter on the mosses 

 and in ploughed fields, feeding, but whether they 

 are the kittiwake or common gull cannot always be 

 ascertained with certainty, as they are very shy birds, 

 and fly away before they can be approached. 



THE WATER RAIL (Rallus aquaticus), v., 246. 



THE CURLEW (Numenius arquata), iv., 211. 

 Occasionally breeds on Chat Moss. 



