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Totanus calidris. Redshank. Nests at Malham in some 



numbers, and sporadically elsewhere in the district. Returns 

 on the Ribble with regularity the second week in March. 



Totanus hypoleucus. Common Sandpiper. Local name, 



1 Tillie Little.* Abundant in summer. 



Totanus ochropus. Green Sandpiper. I see one in winter 



by the Deeps from the end of October to April, the 14th being 

 the latest date ; has been shot at Lawkland. 



Limosa rufa. Bar-tailed Godwit. One was shot at 



Lawkland in August 1892 ; in the possession of Mr. Watkins, 

 of Austwick. 



Numenius arquatus. Curlew. Breeds numerously, returning 

 early in March. Occasional in winter, e.g., a flock frequented 

 the Deeps for some while after the N.E. gale in November 1893. 



Sterna fluviatilis. Common Tern. Terns occasionally occur, 



especially after gales, in autumn. One of this species was 

 picked up in August 1894 at Bleathwaite. 



Larus ridibundus. Black-headed Gull- Appears occasionally, 



following the course of the river, generally in March and April, 

 though I have seen them in June. 



Larus tridactylus. Kittiwake. Occasional in winter and 



spring. 



Larus canus. Common Gull. Occasional in winter and 



spring, especially when the floods are out. 



Larus argentatus. Herring Gull. Occasional in winter or 

 spring. I have often seen them wheeling over Settle in 

 February, with wind N.W. 



Larus fuscus. Lesser Black-backed Gull. Occasional in 



spring, but most often in June, in which month a pair some- 

 times frequent the Ribble near the Deeps, but do not breed, 

 I think ; I have also seen one at Malham Tarn in June. 



Lestris parasiticus. Richardson's Skua. One shot near 



Whelpstones in the autumn of 1889. 



Procellaria pelagica. Stormy Petrel Has been picked up 



on the hills in the memorv of Mr. Foster. 



Alca torda. Razorbill. One picked up at Malham Tarn in 



March 1894, in the possession of the keeper. 



Colymbus septentrionalis. Red-throated Diver. Mr. Foster 



has one, which was shot on Swarth Moor. A Diver, said to be 

 Great Northern (C. glacialis), was seen on Coniston Lake 

 in 1867. 



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fr'eb. 1896. 



