THE SNOW BUNTING (_Emberiza nivalis_), ii., 95.
Occasionally visits us in severe winters, breeding in Norway and Sweden.
THE MOUNTAIN FINCH, OR BRAMBLING (_Fringilla montifringilla_), ii., 103.
Visits us from the north in winter time, but rarely.
THE PECTORAL SAND-PIPER (_Tringa pectoralis_), iv., 239.
Once by a pit near the White House, Stretford Road.
THE COMMON WILD GOOSE (_Anser palustris_), v., 251.
A flock of these birds was once seen feeding in a field at Withington.
One preserved in the Peel Park Museum was shot near Bolton. Occasionally seen at Lymm.
THE SCLAVONIAN GREBE (_Podiceps cornutus_), v., 296.
One shot near Oldham many years ago is now in the Peel Park Museum.
THE COMMON TERN (_Sterna Hirundo_), vi., 316.
Occasionally seen upon the Mersey and the lower Irwell.
THE BLACK TERN (_Sterna nigra_), vi., 323.
THE BLACK-HEADED GULL (_Larus ridibundus_), vi., 331.
THE COMMON GULL (_Larus canus_), vi., 334.
THE KITTIWAKE (_Larus tridactylus_), vi., 340.
Gulls are frequently seen in the winter on the mosses and in ploughed fields, feeding, but whether they are the kittiwake or common gull cannot always be ascertained with certainty, as they are very shy birds, and fly away before they can be approached.
THE WATER RAIL (_Rallus aquaticus_), v., 246.
THE CURLEW (_Numenius arquata_), iv., 211.
THE BLACK-START (_Sylvia Tithys_), iii., 139.
THE GOLDEN PLOVER (_Charadrius pluvialis_), iv., 186.
Occasionally seen in large flocks upon the flat fields near Stretford and thereabouts.--(On the Lancashire localities, see _Manchester Guardian_, January 28th, 1882.)
THE RINGED PLOVER (_Charadrius hiaticula_), iv., 188.
Single birds are seen occasionally, both in summer and winter.
THE STORM PETREL (_Procellaria pelagica_), vi., 353.
One was picked up alive near Stockport in the winter of 1856, and another, dead, at Pendleton, shortly before. A third had fallen at Withington, these birds being blown inland by tempestuous weather, and dropping when exhausted.
Once near Brooks' Bar, as a summer visitant. The hobby is the only British bird of prey that is migratory.
THE DUNLIN (_Tringa variabilis_), iv., 240.
This bird has been known to breed on Chat Moss, but very rarely.
THE COMMON SWIFT (_Hirundo apus_), ii., 73.