. The birds of Lancashire. Birds. 100 BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE. [Mr. Pi. J. Howard writes:—"On December 13th 1890, Ward saw a Wood-Lark in Livesey, feeding on spent hops with a flock of Greenfinches : he several times got within 20 or 30 yards of the bird, which at first attracted his attention by its ;— GENUS OTOCORYS. SHORE-LARK. Otocorys alpesteis (Linnaeus). An exceedingly rare winter visitor. Mr. John Hardy informs me that two instances of this bird having Ijeen shot on the Lancashire side of the Mersey have come mider his notice : one in the winter of 1857 at Trafford, and
. The birds of Lancashire. Birds. 100 BIRDS OF LANCASHIRE. [Mr. Pi. J. Howard writes:—"On December 13th 1890, Ward saw a Wood-Lark in Livesey, feeding on spent hops with a flock of Greenfinches : he several times got within 20 or 30 yards of the bird, which at first attracted his attention by its ;— GENUS OTOCORYS. SHORE-LARK. Otocorys alpesteis (Linnaeus). An exceedingly rare winter visitor. Mr. John Hardy informs me that two instances of this bird having Ijeen shot on the Lancashire side of the Mersey have come mider his notice : one in the winter of 1857 at Trafford, and another in 1873 near Didsbury; and Mr. C. S. Gregson, writing in September, 1882, says he recently got two alive and six dead caught in r/ins amongst Sky- Larks, this being on the coast near Formby. [The Rev. H. A. Macpherson records three examples, shot on Walney Island, October 29th 1890, by Mr. Arthur Bolton.— Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Mitchell, F. S. (Frederick Shaw); Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907; Howard, R. J. London, Gurney & Jackson
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