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NOTES ON WORCESTERSHIRE BIRDS. 



{Continued from page 250.] 



T may be useful to 

 add a supplement- 

 ary list of the 

 birds in this 

 county, including 

 all my observa- 

 tions to date J 

 thus, in a measure, 

 completing the 

 notes published in 

 Science - Gossip 

 for November. 

 The locality has 

 been strangely ne- 

 glected by orni- 

 thological authori- 

 ties, presumably 

 through lack of 

 local observation. 

 I have no doubt 

 the records might 

 be considerably extended, especially among the 

 waders and winter visitors on the rivers. 

 Turdus merula, L., blackbird. 

 Saxicola osttaiithe, L., wheatear ; occasional visitor 

 on the hills. 



Sylvia airmca, L., lesser whitethroat ; at Powick. 



Sylvia atricapilla, L., blackcap; fairly common. 



One bird remained last winter ; it was taken at 



Astwood Bank, in February, dying shortly afterwards 



in confinement. 



Regulus cristaizis, Koch., gold-crest. A pair seen 

 in June. 



Phylloscoptts sibilatrix^ Bechst., wood wren. One 

 pair seen. 



Acrocepkalus schccnobcznus, L., sedge warbler ; 

 common. 



Parus major, L., great tit ; common. 

 P. ater, L., cole tit ; less common. 

 P. palustris, L., marsh tit ; seen at Malvern. 

 Motacilla nielanope, Pall., grey wagtail ; seen once 

 in winter on the Malvern Hills. 

 Anthus trivialis, L., tree pipit ; Powick. 

 No. 300. — December 1889. 



Laniiis excubitor, L., great grey shrike ; shot in 

 winter at West Malvern. 



Z. collurio, L., red-backed shrike ; Powick, young 

 birds this summer. 



L. ajiriculatus. Mull., woodchat shrike ; recorded 

 in Yarrell, in the county ; once seen near to a wood 

 by the Teme. 



Muscicapa atricapilla, L. , pied flycatcher ; cock 

 bird shot at Spetchley, summer of 1888. 



Hirundo rustica, L., swallow ; common. 



Chclidon urbica, L., martin ; very common. 



Cotile riparia, L., sand martin ; banks of the 

 Teme. 



Carduelis elegans, Steph., goldfinch; sparingly 

 distributed. 



Chrysomitris spintis, L., siskin ; every autumn in 

 the Teme Valley. 



Coccothratistes vulgaris. Pall., several seen ; a nest 

 on side of Malvern Hills. 



Passer inotitanus, L., tree sparrow; a pair seen 

 last summer at Powick. 



Fringilla ca:lebs, L., chaffinch; common. 



F. montifringilla, L., brambling ; two winters in 

 succession at Bransford. 



Linota Jlavirostris, L., twite ; uncertain, but I 

 think it occurs on the Malvern Hills. 



Loxia curvirostra, L., crossbill ; a flock seen last 

 winter quite close to Powick. 



Emberisa citrinella, L., yellow bunting ; common. 



E. cirlus, L., cirl bunting ; recorded by Saunders 

 in the county in his recent work. 



E. schixniclus, L., reed bunting ; Powick. 



Alaiida arborea, L., woodlark. I have reason to 

 think it breeds near Powick. 



Sturnus vulgaris, L., starling; everywhere. 



Garrulus glandarius, L., jay; common. 



Pica rustica, L., magpie ; common. 



Corvus corone, L. , carrion crow ; common. 



Corvus frugilegus, L., rook ; common. 



Cypselus apus, L., swift; common, builds at 

 Powick. 



Caprimulgus Europaus, L., nightjar, Powick. 



Cuculus canorus, L., cuckoo ; common. 



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