292 Mr. Eyton on the Fauna of Shropshire. 



Hirundo (Cypselus, 111.) Apus, Linn. (Swift.) Common. 

 " Hirundo urbica, Linn. (House Martin.) Common ; arrives about 

 the same time with the swallow. 



Hirundo rustica, Linn. (Swallow.) Common : arrives generally 

 about the 20th of April, but I have observed one or two earlier. 



Hirundo riparia, Linn. (Sand Martin.) Common : arrives the 

 first of the swallow tribe, generally about the 10th, or from that to 

 the 15th, of April. 



Caprimulgus Europccus, Linn. (Goat- sucker.) Common in North 

 Wales; not very common in Salop. 



Sitta Europcca, Linn. (Nuthatch.) Common, 



Certhia familiaris, Linn. (Creeper.) Common. 



Upupa Epops, Ray. (Hoopoe.) One individual of this species 

 was observed near the Black Bushes, Salop, four or five years ago, 

 and shortly afterwards one was killed in the neighbourhood, probably 

 the same : it is now in the collection of Sir Andrew Tobit, Bart. 



Alcedo Ispida, Ray. (Kingfisher.) Common. A short time ago, 

 having placed a net partially over a small bait pool, stocked with 

 minnows, to defend them from the herons, a kingfisher got entangled 

 on the under side of it, and was drowned in the heat of the chase : 

 he must have gone two or three inches under water in order to get 

 round the edge of the net. 



Picus viridis,Ray. (Green Woodpecker.) Common. 



Picus major, Linn. (Greater Spotted Woodpecker.) Not so com- 

 mon as the other two species. 



Picus minor, Linn. (Lesser Spotted Woodpecker.) Common at 

 Nesscliff and Hawks tone. 



Cuculus canorus, Linn. (Cuckoo.) Common, arriving about the 

 10th of May. I once obtained a young one as late as the end of 

 September. 



Tetrao Tetrix, Linn. (Black Game.) Found in most of the ex- 

 tensive heaths of Shropshire : has been introduced on the Beswyn 

 chain near Corwen, but appears to decrease in numbers. 



Tetrao (Lagopus,Vieil\.)Scoticus, Lath. (Red Grouse.) Common on 

 the Welsh mountains, and also on the Stiperstones in Shropshire. 



Perdix cinerea, Ray. (Partridge.) Common : the partridges found 

 on the Welsh mountains are of a smaller size than those of Shrop- 

 shire. 



Coturnix vulgaris, Flem. (Quail.) In former times appears to 

 have been met with rather commonly in Shropshire by sportsmen in 

 September, but of late years rarely. I once saw a bevy of nine near 

 Eyton. 



