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Wur.N. Abundant. 



GOLDEN CRESTED WREN. Frequently seen in the larch close to the house. 



SPOTTED FLYCATCHER. Always breed close to my house. 



SKY LARK. Very numerous. 



TIT LARK. Common. 



WOOD LARK. Sometimes seen. 



LONG-TAIL TIT. 



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BLUE TIT. ^ All inhabitants of our parish ; the Blue Tit most numerous. 



COLE TIT. 

 MARSH TIT. 



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SONG THRUSH. > All inhabitants. 

 MISTLE THRUSH. ) 



Numerous in winter. 



LAND RAIL. Breed here. 



WHITE OWL. Bred in the large elm near the Mill for upwards of twenty years, 



but have left four or five years, I believe from the Jackdaws having 



also taken possession of the tree ; we often hear the young Owls trying 



to hoot, which is amusing. 

 BROWN OWL. Often seen. 



KESTREL. Breed here, and is almost the only Hawk we have left. 

 SPARROW HAWK. Rare. 

 HOHBY. Once seen, some years ago. 

 (TREAT BUTCHER BIRD. Sometimes seen. 

 LESSER BUTCHER BIRD. Generally have two or three pairs in the neighbour- 



hood. 

 HERON. Common. I have often seen eight or ten rise in the coppice near the 



"Windmill, and they have occasionally bred here, my man once caught 



a young one unable to fly far. 

 LITTLE GREBE Breed here. 

 CRESTED GREBE. One caught alive on the ice on the canal in the winter of 1854 



and 1855 ; this specimen is now at Overthrow's. 



STORM PETREL. One seen in the Canal after two days of tremendous wind. 

 GREEN SANDPIPER. Formerly to be always seen in one spot in the meadows, 



now not so frequently. 



KITTY-WAKE. Not unfrequently seen flying over. I once shot one so doing. 

 COMMON GULL. Occasionally seen flying over. One shot last month, Feb. 1857. 



WOODCOCK. Always at Furzenlease after the first autumnal rain, and continue 



the winter. 

 LAPWING. Breed here : collect in immense flocks in the autumn and disappear 



in very severe weather. 

 GOLDEN PLOVER - Seldom seen. 

 COMMON CURLEW. Three once seen. 

 KiM.riSHER. Common on the banks of the Churn. 

 WATER RAIL. Breed here ; not so common as formerly. 

 BALD COOT. Only once seen. One caught alive on the Canal, April, 1857. 

 MOORHEN. Breeds here, and is abundant in some of our meadows. 

 WILD SWAN. Often seen in severe winters ; several have been shot. 



WHITE-FRONTED GOOSE. } Often seen in severe winters ; several have been shot. 

 TEAL. Not uncommon in winter. 

 WILD DUCK. Breed in our meadows. 



