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Other species of owls are enumerated by Dr. 

 Moore, but their rarity is my excuse for omit- 

 ting their insertion in a paper of this kind. 



Genus, Lanius, Shrike. 



Sp. 7. L. collurio, Red backed Shrike or " Butcher 

 Bird ;" a common summer resident and breeder 

 in this neighbourhood. I once obtained a bird 

 here during summer, which by some is regarded 

 as the young of the Collurio, and by others a 

 distinct species the Woodchat (Bewick, p. 75,) 

 I incline to the former opinion. 

 The Great Shrike, L. excubitor, is extremely 

 rare in England. 



ORDER PJCJB. 



Genus, Corvus. 



Sp. 8. C. corax, Raven, not uncommon ; it builds on 

 the cliffs near the sea, as at Wembury. 



Sp. 9. C. corore, Crow ; rather common and in pairs 

 like the last throughout the year. 



Sp. 10. C. frugilegus, Rook ; rookeries are abundant 

 about Plymouth and occur in the town itself. 



Sp. 11. C. comix , hooded or Royston Crow; said by 

 Dr. Moore to be common on the coast in win- 

 ter, but I have not seen it here myself. 



Sp. 12. C. monedula, Jackdaw, and sometimes called 

 Chough ; in small flocks about old churches, 

 as at Egg-Buckland, Plympton St. Mary, and 

 Yealmpton. 



Sp. 13. C. graculus, red-legged Crow or Chough ; on 

 the coast of Cornwall and I think also at Wem- 

 bury at one time of the year. 



Sp. 14. C. pica, Magpie; common; frequents orchards 

 during spring and autumn. 



Sp. 15. C. glandarius, Jay ; common in woods and 

 orchards. 



Genns, Certhia, Creeper. 



Sp. 16. C.familiaris, common Creeper or " tree climb- 

 er;" pretty common in orchards and woods 

 through the year. 



Genus, Sitta, Nuthatch. 



