PROCELLARIDÆ OR PETRRL FAMILY.
Thalassidroma pelagica Stormy Petrel Common
Thalassidroma Leachii Fork-tailed Petrel Rather rare
LARIDÆ OR GULL FAMILY.
Larus canus Common Gull Very common
Larus ribibundus Black-headed Gull Very common
Larus fuscus Little Black-headed Gull Common
Larus tridactylus Kittiwake Gull Very common
Larus Glaucus Glaucus Gull Rare
Larus argentatus Herring Gull Very common
Sterna hirundo Sea-swallow or Tern Common
Sterna fuliginosa Sooty Tern Rare
Sterna minuta Lesser Tern Common
PELECANIDÆ OR PELICAN FAMILY.
Graculus Carbo Common Cormorant Common
Graculus Cristata Crested Cormorant Rather rare
Sula Bassanea Gannet or Solan Goose Common
The fertile fields and sunny lanes of the Fylde afford ample opportunity for the botanist to indulge in his favourite pursuit, and a short ramble over any portion of the pleasant country will unfold to his inquiring gaze many of Nature's most beautiful and interesting offsprings. Specimens, especially of the maritime varieties of several of the floral families, unobtainable in the inland districts, may here be found lightly planted on the loose, sandy margins of the shore. In the context it is not intended to enter into a description of the different plants or of the localities in which they may most commonly be found, but merely to enumerate some of the more important ones; and in the following list all those inhabitants of the district, which are likely to interest the student of Botany or lover of Nature, are arranged in their various groups or orders:—
RANUNCULACEÆ OR BUTTERCUP ORDER.
Ranunculus aquatilis Water Crowcroft
" Lingua Spearwort
" acris Meadow Crowfoot
" arvensis Corn "
Thalictrum minus Lesser Meadow-rue
Delphinium consolida Field Larkspur
NYMPHÆACEÆ OR LILY ORDER.
Nymphæa Alba White Water-lily
PAPAVERACEÆ OR POPPY ORDER.
Papaver dubium Long Smooth-headed Poppy
" Rhæas Corn Poppy
Chelidonium majus Common Celandine
