Page:VCH Lancaster 1.djvu/257

 BIRDS 262. Eared or Black-necked Grebe. Podicipes nigricollis (C. L. Brehm). Mr. Hugh Hornby possesses a specimen ' killed near Lune Mouth late in March or early in April, 1886' (Saunders, in Mitchell's Birds of Lancashire, ed. 2, p. 262). An adult male specimen, in full summer plumage, was captured alive at Middleton, near Lancaster, 28 July, 1904 (Robinson, Xoologist, 1904, p. 350). 263. Little Grebe or Dabchick. Podicipes fluvi- atilis (Tunstall). Locally, Douker, Little Diver, Foot-in-arse. A resident species w^hich breeds regularly in most suitable places throughout the county. 264. Storm-Petrel. Procellaria pelagica,, Linn. This species is never seen except after g-ales and stormy weather, when it is sometimes cast up on the shore dead, or occasionally blown inland. 265. Leach's Fork-tailed Petrel. Oceanodroma leucorrhoa (Vieillot). This petrel reaches Lancashire only after stormy weather. When it occurs several indi- viduals are generally observed together. 266. Wilson's Petrel. Oceanites oceanicus{KMi). A specimen was washed up ' on the north- west shore of Walney Island in November, 1890 ' (Macpherson, Fauna of Lakeland, p. 457-) 267. Frigate or White-faced Petrel. Pelago- droma marina (Latham). A dead specimen was washed up after the severe gale of November, 1890, 'on the outside of Walney Island ' (Macpherson, Fauna of Lake- land, p. 458). 268. Manx Shearwater. Puffinus anglorum (Temminck). A not infrequent winter visitant. 269. Fulmar. Fulmarus glacialis (Linn.). A very rare visitant, reaching our coasts during or after severe weather. There are three or four occurrences on record. 205