BIRDS 



179. Pheasant. 

 Abundant. 



Phasianus colchicus, Linn. 



180. Partridge. Perdix dnerea^Lzth^m. 



An abundant resident. 



[The Red-legged Partridge. Caccabis rufa 

 (Linn.). 



This species was on more than one occasion 

 introduced into Lancashire, but none have sur- 

 vived, as in some other counties, to become 

 naturalized residents.] 



181. Quail. Coturnix communis^ Bonnaterre. 

 A resident, but less numerous than formerly. 



[Virginian Quail. Ortyx virgintanus (Linn.). 



Several attempts to introduce this species into 

 Lancashire have failed, as they have also done in 

 other parts of England.] 



182. Land-Rail. Crex pratensisy Bechstein. 



Locally Corn-crake, Draken Hen. 



An abundant summer immigrant ; resting 

 abundantly. 



1 83. Spotted Crake. Porxana maruetta (Leach). 



An autumn immigrant, less frequently observed 

 than other rails. It winters occasionally ; three 

 occurrences are recorded in 1898 and one in 1904, 

 all from the Rusland Valley in Furness {Zoologisty 

 1 904, p. 460) ; and with little doubt it occa- 

 sionally nests in Lancashire. 



1 84. Little Crake. Porxana parva (Scopoli). 



Some half dozen specimens are recorded as 

 having been taken in the county (Mitchell, Birds 

 of_ Lancashire, ed. 2, p. 20i). 



185. Baillon's Crake. Porzana bailloni (Vieil- 

 lot). 



Two occurrences only of this species are on 

 record (Mitchell, Birds of Lancashire, ed. 2, p. 201 ; 

 Macpherson, Fauna of Lakeland,^, 343). 



186. Water-Rail. Ral/us aquaticus, hinn. 

 Locally, Scarragrise. 



A numerous and widely distributed resident. 

 [Purple Gallinule. Porphyria caruleus (Van- 

 delli). 



A specimen shot near Grange in 1876 {Zoolo- 

 gist, 1877) was doubtless an escape from confine- 

 ment.] 



187. Moor-Hen. Gallinula chloropus (Linn.). 

 Locally, Water-hen. 



A resident, frequenting all our tarns and 

 meres. 



188. Coot. Fulica atra, hinn. 

 Locally, Lake-hen. 



An abundant resident, frequenting and nesting 

 on our various lakes and in all reedy tarns and 

 pools. 



I 201 



189. Crane. Gr«j fff»jwa««, Bechstein. 



Only once observed within the county 

 (Mitchell, Birds of Lancashire, ed. 2, p. 206). 



190. Little Bustard. Otis tetrax, hinn. 



Four specimens of this species have been re- 

 corded from Lancashire (Mitchell, Birds of 

 Lancashire, ed. 2, p. 206). 



191. Collared Pratincole. Glareola pratincola, 

 Linn. 



This species was taken for the first time in 

 Britain at North Meols, near Ormskirk, in the 

 spring of 1805 (cf. Trans. Linn. Soc. Ix. p. 198). 

 The specimen is now preserved in the Lord Derby 

 Museum, Liverpool. Though taken many times 

 since in England, it has not occurred again in 

 Lancashire. 



Dotterel. Eudromias morinellus (Linn.). 



192. 



A spring and autumn visitor on migration, 

 spreading over the county, frequenting mosses and 

 estuaries, then proceeding on its way. A few 

 probably occasionally remain to breed. 



193. Ringed Plover. Mgialitis hiaticula (Linn.). 

 Locally, Sand-lark, Tullet. 



An abundant resident. 



194. Golden Plover. Charadrius pluvialis,hinn. 

 Locally, Sheep's Guide. 



A spring immigrant distributed sparsely over 

 the county, breeding in suitable localities and 

 frequenting the shore in winter. 



195. Grey Plover. Squatarola helvetica (Linn.). 

 A winter visitant. 



1 96. Sociable Plover. Vanellus gregariu (Pallas). 



A solitary straggler has been recorded from 

 Lancashire. The unique specimen recorded first 

 as a cream coloured courser by Mitchell [Birds of 

 Lancashire, ed. 2, p. 212) is said to have come 

 from St. Michael's-in-Wyre in i860. The 

 stuffed specimen was exhibited by the late 

 Mr. H. Seebohm at a meeting of the Zoological 

 Society in 1888 ; but there is no actual authenti- 

 cation of the bird having been captured in the 

 county. 



197. Peewit or Lapwing. Vanellus vulgaris. 

 Bechstein. 



Locally, Peewit, Green Plover, Puetts. 



Resident throughout the year, congregating in 

 large flocks in spring in their nesting quarters. 

 Very abundant on Walney Island. Some dis- 

 tricts are entirely forsaken by the lapwings after 

 their young are reared, and are not again visited 

 till the following spring. In other districts they 

 remain the entire year through, or, if not, immi- 

 grants from elsewhere fill their places. 



198. Turnstone. Strepsilas interpres (Linn.). 

 A spring and autumn visitor to our coasts. It 



not infrequently appears in fiill summer dress on 



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