Family EMBERIZIDE.

Genus PLECTROPHANES.

PLECTROPHANES NIVALIS. The Snow Bunting.

Seen occasionally, especially along the coast, and in hard weather. Often in company with larks.

Genus EMBERIZA.

EMBERIZA MILIARIA. Common Bunting.

Sometimes in summer, more commonly in winter. EMBERIZA SCHOENICULUS. Black-headed Bunting.

Very general.

EMBERIZA CITRINELLA. Yellow Bunting. Yellow Ammer.

Common.

Family FRINGILLIDE.

Genus FRINGILLA.

FRINGILLA CELEBS. The Chaffinch.

Common.

FRINGILLA MONTIFRINGILLA. Mountain Finch, or Bramble Finch.
Mr. Mather informs me that he has specimens now and then, and that it is not

CARDUELIS SPINUS. The Siskin or Aberdevine.

Seen in hard weather, principally frequenting alder trees; often in company with flocks of the lesser Redpole.-Mr. Webster.

LINOTA LINARIA. The Lesser or Common Redpole.

In flocks in winter. A few breed.-Mr. Webster. Also in the summer months about New Brighton.-Mr. R. Abbott.

Genus PYRRHULA.

PYRRHULA VULGARIS. The Bullfinch.

A few breed every season.

Shot in the neighbourhoods of Chester, Bidston, and elsewhere, where there are fir trees.-Mr. Brockholes.

PASTOR ROSEUS. The Rose-coloured Pastor.

Killed near Liverpool 16 or 17 years ago, and stuffed by Mr. Mather.

Family CORVIDE.

Genus FREGILUS.

FREGILUS GRACULUS. The Chough. Red-legged Crow.
Once at Crosby; here very rarely.—Mr. Mather.

CORVUS CORNIX. The Hooded Crow, or Royston Crow.

Shore north of Wirral.—Mrs. Longueville. Occasionally in winter. CORVUS FRUGILEGUS. The Rook.

Very common everywhere.

CORVUS MONEDULA. The Jackdaw.

A few about Wirral. Pairs frequent Bebbington, Eastham, and doubtless other country churches.

Knowsley Park.-Mr. S. Archer. Formerly common in Wirral, but now scarce. Eastham. In a firwood between Rock Ferry and Bebbington.—Mr. Brockholes.

Third Division.-SCANSORES.
Family PICIDÆ.

Genus PICUS.

PICUS VIRIDIS. The Green Woodpecker.

One at New Brighton. Rare about the district.

PICUS MAJOR. The Great Spotted Woodpecker.
About Ormskirk. Knowsley.

PICUS MINOR. The Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.
Wood near Bromborough Pool.

Genus YUNX.

YUNX TORQUILLA. The Wryneck.

Very rare in Wirral.

CERTHIA FAMILIARIS.

Has bred at Saughall-Massie.-Mr. Webster.

Family CERTHIADÆ.

Genus CERTHIA.
Common Creeper.

Not common at the north of Wirral. Claughton firwoods.—Mr. Brockholes. Dingle and North Shore.-Mr. Mather.

Genus TROGLODYTES.

TROGLODYTES VULGARIS. The Wren.

Common.

Genus UPUPA.

UPUPA EPOPS. The Hoopoe.

Four shot at Knowsley; in the Derby Museum.-Mr. R. Abbott. One at Edge Hill. At Formby and elsewhere. Mr. Mather.

Hoylake. - Rev. T.

Staniforth.

One shot at Knotty Ash was stuffed by Mr. Mather, and is now at his house.

Family HALCYONIDÆ.

Genus ALCEDO.

ALCEDO ISPIDA. King-fisher.

Not very uncommon.

Family HIRUNDINIDEÆ.

Genus HIRUNDO.

HIRUNDO RUSTICA. The Swallow.

Very common.

HIRUNDO URBICA. The Martin.

Equally frequent.

HIRUNDO RIPARIA. The Sand Martin, or Bank Martin.

One only, killed at the mouth of the Dee many years ago by

-Mr. Mather.

Mostyn, Esq.

Family CAPRIMULGIDE.

Genus CAPRIMULGUS.

CAPRIMULGUS EUROPEUS. The Nightjar.

Generally distributed in heaths and woody places.

Order RASORES.

Family COLUMBIDÆ.

Genus COLUMBA.

COLUMBA PALUMBUS. Ring Dove, or Wood Pigeon. Cushat.

Very common.

COLUMBA TURTUR. The Turtle Dove.

One shot at Bidston-cum-Ford, 1851.-Mr. Webster. Several at different times. Mr. Mather.

LAGOPUS SCOTICUS. The Red Grouse.

One shot at West Kirby some years ago by Mr. Robin. A pair once in Claughton firwood. Once at Ormskirk.-Mr. Mather.

Said to have been seen on the Hoylake shore. Formby. Ormskirk.-Mr. Mather.

HEMOTOPUS OSTRALEGUS. Oyster Catcher, or Sea Pie.

Very frequent.

Family ARDEIDEÆ.

Genus ARDEA.

ARDEA CINEREA. The Common Heron.

Numerous. A heronry at Hooton. A pair bred at Newton-cum-Larton some years ago.

Genus BOTAURUS.

BOTAURUS MINUTUS. The Little Bittern.

Shot at Aigburth, January, 1854.-Mr. Butterworth. BOTAURUS STELLARIS. The Common Bittern. Shot at Upton, Bidston Marsh, Hoylake, Irby, &c. Genus NYCTICORAX.

NYCTICORAX GARDENI. The Night Heron.

Near Ormskirk. Mr. Mather remembers two or three instances of its having been shot within the last twenty years.

NUMENIUS ARQUATA.

Abundant in winter.

NUMENIUS PHŒOPUS.

Family SCOLOPACIDÆ.

Genus NUMENIUS.

The Common Curlew.

The Whimbrel.

Frequents the coast in winter and the pasture-fields in spring, before going to its breeding quarters.

Genus TOTANUS.

TOTANUS CALIDRIS. Common Redshank.

Pretty frequent round the coast.

TOTANUS OCHROPUS. Green Sandpiper.

Shot at Cuerdley Marsh, 1851.

TOTANUS GLAREOLA. The Wood Sandpiper.

North Shore.-Mr. Nicholas Cooke.