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 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 26