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rives in Salop generally during the last week in April : not so com- 

 mon as the two following. 



Sylvia (Sylvicola, nob.) Trochilus, Lath. (Willow Wren.) Com- 

 mon : arrives generally before. the last-mentioned species. 



Sylvia (Sylvicola, nob.) rufa, Lath. (Chiff- Chaff.) Common, 

 and arrives about the same time with the last. The three last-men- 

 tioned species are difficult to distinguish : the only constant charac- 

 ter appears to be the sloping of the quill-feathers, given in Jenyns' 

 Manual of British Vertebrata. 



Troglodytes Europceus, Steph. (Wren.) Common. 



Motacilla alba, Linn. (White Wagtail.) Common. 



Motacilla (Budytes, Cuv.) flava, Linn. (Yellow Wagtail.) Com- 

 mon : generally observed to arrive about the 29th of April. 



Motacilla (Budytes, Cuv.) Boarula, Linn. (Grey Wagtail.) Com- 

 mon : departs about the end of March, and arrives in September. 



Alauda (Anthus, Bechst.) trivialis, Linn. (Pipit Lark.) Occa- 

 sionally met with near Eyton, but net commonly. 



Alauda (Anthus, Bechst.) pratensis, Linn. (Tit Lark.) Very 

 common during the winter months, in company with wagtails on 

 flooded meadows. 



Anthus aguaticus, Bechst. (Rock Lark.) Found in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Holyhead, particularly between the town and the South 

 Stack lighthouse, where it may be seen hopping about in search of 

 small marine animals on stones which the sea has just left. 



Alauda arvensis, Linn. (The Lark.) Common. 



Alauda arborea, Linn. (Wood Lark.) I have never observed this 

 species in the neighbourhood of Eyton, but near Walford it is not 

 uncommon, remaining all the year. 



Parus major, Linn. (Great Titmouse.) Common. 



Parus ater, Linn. (Cole Tit.) Common. 



Parus palustris, Linn. (Marsh Tit.) Common. 



Parus cozrulcus, Linn. (Blue Tit.) Common. 



Parus caudatus, Linn. (Long-tailed Tit.) The singular provin- 

 cial name of Huggen muffin is attached to this bird. 



Emberiza Citrinella, Linn. (Yellow-hammer.) Equally common 

 everywhere. Specimens obtained^ Anglesey, near Holyhead, were 

 of a much brighter yellow than those obtained at the same time of 

 year in Shropshire. 



Emberiza Scliccniculus, Linn. (Reed Bunting.) Common. 



Emberiza Milaria, Linn. (Great Bunting.) Common. 



Fringilla (Pyrgita, Cuv.) domestica, Linn. (Sparrow.) Common. 



Fringilla (Pyrgita, Cuv.) montana, Linn. (Mountain Sparrow.) 

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