. The vertebrate fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay. September 3rd, 1905, Mr. S. G. Cummings and Oldhamsaw one on the marsh near Burton Point, and on September24th, 1908, Oldham saw a bird on the Mersey at StanlowPoint. We have, on one occasion only, seen a Greenshank inwinter. Messrs. R. Newstead, Cummings and Cowardwatched one for some time near Burton Point on January13th, 1904 ; the bird was at first alone, but after a time itjoined a party of Redshanks, when its green legs, superiorheight, and the characteristic pose of its body—the bellypractically at right-angles to the legs—made it pa
. The vertebrate fauna of Cheshire and Liverpool Bay. September 3rd, 1905, Mr. S. G. Cummings and Oldhamsaw one on the marsh near Burton Point, and on September24th, 1908, Oldham saw a bird on the Mersey at StanlowPoint. We have, on one occasion only, seen a Greenshank inwinter. Messrs. R. Newstead, Cummings and Cowardwatched one for some time near Burton Point on January13th, 1904 ; the bird was at first alone, but after a time itjoined a party of Redshanks, when its green legs, superiorheight, and the characteristic pose of its body—the bellypractically at right-angles to the legs—made it particularlynoticeable. It appeared black and white when on the wing,but when on the marsh, with the sun upon it, the grey andwhite of its winter dress was conspicuous. The Greenshank has occurred inland. Mr. R. Newsteadexamined one that was killed at Barrowmore on December4th, 1890, J and on August 27th, 1905, Oldham saw onewith a Rufi and a Ringed Plover on the mud at Bosley *.Cooke, MS. note-book. t Dobie, p. 340. t R. N., Food of Birds, p. 5( IL ^ l/fS ^H ... .^HH BIRDS 413 Reservoir. At times it waded into the water, runningquickly through the shallows, with its bill partially sub-merged, in pursuit of the fry of some fish which kept leapingin a flashing silvery mob in front of it. It appeared to catcha fish at nearly every rush. Like the bird we saw inJanuary at Burton, it was very noisy, uttering a dissyllabicchee-weet, chee-weet whenever it rose on the wing.* BAR-TAILED GODWIT. Limosa lapponica (Linne).Local name—Stone Curlew. An irregular spring and autumn migrant and winter resident. The Bar-tailed Godwit visits our shores in varying numberson migration. Brockholes describes it as sometimescommon in autumn in the Dee, and Dr. Dobie saw largeflocks there in the autumn of 1892, when he obtained anumber of birds. Mr. R. Newstead says that examplesfrom the Dee are often brought to the Grosvenor Museum,but he has not seen any from the Mersey Estuary, wherethe b
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