RALFE: BIRDS OF LONAN, ISLE OF MAN. 225 
*Kestrel. Falco tinnunculus, A familiar ornament of the 
coast line. 
Cormorant. Phalacrocorax carbo. Single birds, on the 
water or perched on some prominent rock, are not uncommon 
along the rocks. Such are often immature. 
Shag. Phalacrocorax graculus. Does not seem to breed in 
the district, and only very sparingly on the eastern side of the 
Island. 
Gannet. 
summe 
Common Heron. Ardea cinerea. Not frequent or abundant, 
Wild Goose. Anser sp. Occasionally seen; species not 
identified.’ 
Wild Duck. Anas boscas. Seemingly scarce. 
Shoveller. Spatula clypeata. A specimen obtained in 1893, 
*Ring Dove. Columba palumbus. 
*Partridge. Perdix cinerea. 
*Red Grouse. Tetrao scoticus. Introduced in the Island; a 
few birds at least in the long stretches of heather which in 
summer so richly adorn some of the higher Lonan hills. 
*Landrail. Crex pratensis. 
Common Coot. Fulica atra. I only once saw a specimen, 
evidently on migration, hiding among the coast-rocks; the 
country is invariably unsuited to this species. 
Golden Plover. Charadrius pluvialis. 
Ringed Plover. A®gialitis hiaticula. Occasionally only on 
Laxey Beach. — : 
*Lapwing. Vanellus cristatus. Quite a scarce bird, but breeds 
at one spot at least. 
Oystercatcher. Hzmatopus ostralegus. Casual only. 
*?Common Sandpiper. Totanus hypoleucus. ‘Seen on 
migration at the mouths of streams and at rocky coast Tecesses- 
Common Curlew. Numenius arquata, Seemingly occurs 
On passage only. 
Woodcock. Scolopax rusticola. 
_“?Common Snipe. Gallinago ccelestis. 
Black-headed Gull. Larus ridibundus. A few on Laxey 
Beach and some smaller creeks, except in the breeding season. 
The distribution of the several species of Gull is the same as 1n 
___ Douglas Bay, all being in much smaller numbers. 
Aug. 1897, 
Sula bassana. Frequent and often numerous in 
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