147 



It has been shot near Penzance, and I believe at other 

 places in the county 



ANTHID^E. PIPPETS. 



RICHARD'S PIPPET. Anthus Richatdi. Fleming's Brit. 

 An., p. 75. Jenyns' Man., p. 117. A. Riohardi, Yarrell's 

 Br. B., vol. 1, p. 398. 



This species of Lark has been usually regarded as rare ; 

 and it is not many years since I was present at a meet- 

 ing of the Zoological Club of the Linnean Society when 

 the first known specimen was produced for examination. 

 But it is probably less rare than has been supposed ; since 

 four specimens were secured at one shot, in a field close to 

 Penzance. It was noted that in their habits they were tame 

 and void of suspicion. 



HIRUNDINIDiE. SWALLOWS. 



ALPINE SWIFT. Cypselus alpinus. Jenyns' Man., 

 p, 159. Yarrell's Br, B., vol. 2, p. 239. 



In the first part of the Cornish Fauna the occurrence of 

 this bird was noted, with something like the expression of 

 uncertainty. But it is now rendered clear by the capture 

 of a specimen, which flew on board of a vessel, about the 

 middle of June, 1842, at about 40 miles west of the Land's 

 end, and it was so fatigued as to be easily taken. 



SCOLOPACIDJE. WOODCOCKS. 



PECTORAL SANDPIPER. Tringa pectoralis. Jenyns' 

 Man., p. 210. Yarrell's Br. B., vol. 2, p. 651. 



An account of the specimen of this rare bird that was 

 shot in the Scilly Islands, is given in the Report of the 

 Royal Institution of Cornwall, in 1840, by E. H. Rodd, Esq., 

 and further particulars of the same specimen are contained 

 in Mr. Yarrell's work, from D. W. Mitchell, Esq., by whom 

 the bird was shot. Another individual escaped. 



WOODCOCK. Scolopax rusticola. Turton's Lin., vol. I. 

 Flemings Brit. An., p. 105. Jenyns' Man., p, 204. 

 Yarrell's Br. B., vol. 2. p. 583. 



The instances in which this bird has been known to pass 

 the summer with us, are rare; and in Corlase's Natural 

 History of the county is the only authentic record of the 

 discovery of its nest. But in the first week in June, 1843, 

 a young Woodcock was sent to Mr. C, Jackson, for pre- 

 servation, that was found on the public road near Bodmin, 

 and when discovered it was scarcely dead. As it was not 

 of age for distant flight, it was judged to have heen dropped 

 where found, by the parents; which have been supposed to 



