THE SHORE BIRDS. 



LESSER TERN. About the daintiest bird to be seen anywhere, 

 having all the grace of the swallow tribe with the 

 plumage of the tern. Fairly numerous in the summer 

 time. The latest date I have seen it is October 



GREY 

 PHALAROPE. 



( Phaloropus 

 fulicarius, ) 



Our example of this rare bird, half swimmer, half 

 wader, was shot last season (1891), and was set 

 up by Mr. Clarke, from whom I obtained the 

 specimen. It is worth while noticing the fact that 

 at the very date this bird was shot, large numbers 

 of the same species were chronicled in the " Field," 

 as having been seen at several places round the 

 English Coast. A gale was blowing at the time, 

 and it is most probably the fact that the hard 

 weather just caught them on their autumn migration 

 to the south'ard. 



KNOT. A common winter visitor ; occurring in large 



(Tringa camiiiis.) numbers all along the coast. 



BUFF BREASTED According to " The Birds of Lancashire," by Mr. F. S. 

 SANDPIPER. Mitchell, a male bird was shot at Formby, on the 



(Tringa ruftscens.) banks of the Alt> about thirteen miles north of 

 Liverpool, in May, 1829, and was sent to Liverpool 

 market along with some snipes. This specimen passed 

 into the possession of the Rev. T. Staniforth, late 

 of Bolton Rectory, Skipton, who transmitted the 

 record to Yarrell (" British Birds"). On referring to 

 Yarrell's 2nd edition of " British Birds," I find the 

 very bird mentioned as follows : " .... for the 

 knowledge of the third specimen I am indebted to 

 the Rev. T. Staniforth, of Skipton, in whose collection 

 the bird is preserved. This gentleman kindly sent 



