82 niuDS ocruiirUNO near Richmond. 



I have known four eggs to be laid by the 2Gth. of March. 



The Sedge Warbler, (Sylvia salicaria,) is not very common, but its small, 

 clumsily built nest is occasionally brought me by bird-nesting boys. 



The Blackcap, (Sylvia atrieapilla,) and Garden Warbler, (Sylvia Jiortensis,) 

 are but seldom seen; and the same may be said of the Lesser Whitethroat, 

 (Si/hia garrula.) 



The Wood Warbler, (Sylvia sibilatrix,) is found sparingly; but the little 

 Willow Warbler, {Si/hia trochilus,) is very abundant, placing its well-concealed 

 nest in a tuft of thick grass, and not unfrequently in a low shrub, or in a 

 clump of nettles. 



The Golden- crested Regulaa, (Regulus cristatus,) is found in considerable 

 numbers in winter, consorting with the Blue and Long-tailed Tits, but in the 

 breeding-season it is not so commonly observed. 



The Wheatear, (Saxicola cenanthe,) together with the Whinchat, (Saxicola 

 rubetra,) and the Stonechat, (Saxicola ruhicola,) is rather scarce; the last- 

 named bird is perhaps the most numerous of the three. 



The Pied Wagtail, (Motacilla Yarrellii,) and Ray's Wagtail, (MotacUla 

 flava,) may be seen on the banks of every small 'stream. I have never seen 

 a specimen of the Gray Wagtail, (Motacilla hoarula,) but it is most probably 

 an occasional visitor. 



The Tree Pipit, (Anthus arboreus,) and the Meadow Pipit, (Anthas pratensis,) 

 are very plentiful. I. have found the nest of the latter species, containing 

 eggs, so late as the 19th. of July. 



We have all the Tits in great abundance, with the exception of Parus 

 cristatiis and Parus biarniicus. 



The Reed Bunting, (Emberiza schoeniculus,) is found in tolerable plenty, 

 placing its nest on the side of a bank near a stream; the nest mentioned by 

 your correspondent in '"The Naturalist" for February, which was placed in a 

 similar situation, was most probably that of the Yellow Bunting — a white 

 variety of the eggs is not at all unusual. A specimen of the Girl Bunting, 

 {Emberiza cirlus,) was shot near the town about three years ago. 



The Common (Jrossbill, (Loxia curvirostra,) is a very rare winter visitor. 



The Tree Sparrow, (Friiigilla raontana,) is common, building usually in a 

 hole of a decayed tree, and sometimes also in a thick blackthorn hedge. 



The BrambUng, (Fringilla montifringilla,) is exceedingly rare; but the 

 Mountain Linnet, (Fringilla montana,) and Lesser lledpole, (Fringilla Unaria,) 

 breed with us annually. 



All the Woodpeckers, except Picus martius, are found occasionally; the 

 Green Woodpecker, (Picus viridis,) however, is the only one of the family 

 which can be called common. 



