Natural Histoiy in the English Counties. 449 



Margca fistul^lris, Widgeon. Fdlco iVlsus C^ccfpiter /iringillarius iJayl, 



Querquedula Cr^cca, Teal. Sparrowhawk. 



Mergus serrator, Red-breasted Merganser. Falco Tinnunculus, Kestrel 



Frat6rcula arctica, Puffin. Falco ^'salon. Merlin. 



C61ymbus arcticus, Black-throated Diver. Strix fiammea [AlCico flammeus Fleming}^ 



J-krus mar'inus, Black-backed Gull. Barn Owl. 



iarus canus, Common GuH. Strix OHus [0\us aurlta Ray\ Great Horned 



Gallfnula chloropus, Water Hen. Owl. 



Phalacr6corax C^rbo [Cltbo Cormoranus 5trix brachybtus no^tus bracliybtus Fleming^, 



Meyer'\, Cormorant. Lesser Horned Owl. 



Phalacrucorax Graculus, Shag. JFringflla Montifringilla, Brambling, , 



^'rdea mSjor [4'rde^ cinfcre^ Lathain}, 5'turnus vulga.ris, Starling. 



Heron. Jlirdus pilaris, Fieldfare. 



Some of these, I believe, are rare. I am, Sir, yours, &c. — E* Headlam. 

 GreenhoWy Noi'th Shields, Ma?/ 13. 1831. 



We have given in brackets the names adopted by Mr. Rennie in his Orni- 

 thological Dictionary/ , where different from those applied by our correspond- 

 ent. J'nser erjthropus (^^nas erythropus Lin.) Mr. Rennie applies to the 

 Laughing Goose, which has orange-coloured (legs and) feet ; as erythropus 

 expresses. The Bernacle Goose (^'nser Bernicla of Willughby), Mr. 

 Rennie states, has its legs dusky black. The Pufiin (called above Frater- 

 cula arctica) Mr. Rennie denominates Puffmus Anglorum Ray; and 

 applies the terms Fratercula arctica to the Coulterneb : as, however. Pen- 

 nant, in his British Zoology, 2. No. 2.S2., has published the Coulterneb 

 by the name of Puffin, we have not ventured to vary our correspondent's 

 application. — J. D, 



Suffolk. 



Birds in the Neighbourhood of Great Finhorough Hall. — Sir, To promote 



my acquaintance with the productions of nature, I have preserved some 



birds and some insects, and am now forming a Hortus Siccus. I send the 



names of my birds, which will show what species prevail in, or frequent, 



this neighbourhood, as all, except those starred, were shot in the village 



close by. I am, Sir, yours, &c. —J. NichoUs, Gardener. Great Finhorough 



Hall, Suffolk, May 26 . 1 83 1 . 



Accentor modul^iris. Hedge Sparrow. P^rus ma.jor. Large Titmouse. 



^Icfedo Tspida, Kingfisher. P^rdix cinferea, Common Partridge. 



Tardufelis commiinis, Goldfincful P^rdix rCifa, Guernsey Partridge. 



C^rthia familiaris, Tree-creeper. . Plcus mkjor. Large Woodpecker, 



Clangula vulgaris, Golden-eye. Picus minor, Small Woodpecker. 



Columba Palumbus, Woodpigeon. Picus viridis. Green Woodpecker. 



Ciiculus canbrus, Cuckoo. *P6diceps minor, Dabchick, or Little Grebe. 



Emberlza Citrinella, Yellowhammer. Pyrrhtila vulgJlris, Bullfincli, male and female, 



*Pringilla canaria, Canary-bird. in abundance. 



Pringilla Chluris, Greenfinch. Jiegulus crista.tus, Golden-crested Wren, with 



PringfUa Montifringilla, Mountain Finch. its nest. 



PringfUa Spiza Rennie, Chaffinch, Saxicola Rubicola, Stonechat. 



Galllnula chl6ropus. Moorhen. 5culopax rusticola. Woodcock. 



Garrulus glandularius. Jay. SUta europteX Nuthatch. 



.Hirtindo rustica. Swallow. 5trix Alilco, Grey Owl. 



Hirimdo urbica, Marten. 5ttirnus vulgaris. Starling. 



L^nius exciabitor, Butcherbird. Salvia Atricapilla, Blackcap. 



*Z,ari species, a species of Gull. Sylvia Luscinia, Nightingale. 



L6xia curvirostra. Crossbill. Sylvia Phcenicurus, Redstart. 



*M&xgus Merganser, Dun Diver. Totanus hypoleiicus. Sandpiper. 



Muscicapa luctunsa, Flvcatcher. Turdus pilaris, Fieldfare. 



*Nyrbca ferlna. Dun Bird. T6rdus viscivorus. Missel Thrush, 



*aidicnt;mus crepitans. Stone Curlew. Yunx Torquilla, Wryneck. 



Parus caudktus, Long-tailed Titmouse, called Oven-bird, 



here Puddingpoke (poke being the Suffolk 



word for bag). 



The systematic names are those adopted by Mr. Rennie in hia Ornitho- 

 logical Dictionary, where " Oven-bird" is not obvious. — J. D, . : 



The first appearance of Yunx Torquilla here, in 1831, was on April I3li 

 In the various parts of England it is known by the various names of. 

 Cuckoo's maid, mate, leader, and slab; wryneck, snakebird; in Hertford- 

 shire, barley-bird ; and around Stow-market, Suffolk,** the turkey-bird." — 

 Henry Turner. Bury St. Fdmund's. 



In Professor Rennie's Ornithological Dictionary, all these names do not 

 occur, but the omissions are possibly wilful. This remark, among numC" 



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