THE SHORE BIRDS. 



me word that his example was killed at Formby, 

 etc." It would be interesting to know whether this 

 specimen is still in good condition, seeing that it 

 was killed in the year 1829. 



SANDERLING. Common with us in the summer-time. 



( Calidris aretiaria. ) 



LITTLE STINT. A specimen of this diminutive wader was killed 

 about five years ago, out of a flock of sanderlings, 

 by a fowler. Unluckily the moths have completely 

 ruined it as a specimen. 



DUNLIN. of all the migratory winter visitors which come to 

 (Tnnga alpma,) Qur ^ or ^ t ^ e dunlin, or, as it is locally called, the 

 " dun," is the commonest. Can only be numbered 

 by thousands. 



BAR TAILED This bird is common on the coast throughout the 

 winter and is known by the fowlers as the " curlew 

 jack." 



BLACK TAILED Mr. C. S. Gregson has only met this species once 



GODWIT. ,, T- , , 



on the Formby shore. 



CURLEW. His noisy screeching " currlew " is the bane of the 

 wild-fowl shooter. Common enough. The gulls and 

 vast hordes of smaller waders appear to have 

 appointed him " sentinel-in-chief " to the shore fowl. 



WHIMBREL. Scarce. I have two examples stuffed, but he is 

 by no means common on this coast. 



