24 CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 



BEARDED TIT.— (Winter.) 



Case 82. 



In winter the Reed Pheasants* jom in flocks, varying 

 i'rom three or four to ten or fifteen, and keep together 

 till early in the spring. 



Though such a delicate-looking httle bird, they are 

 remarkably hardy, and seem able to contend against 

 severe weather with greater success than many much 

 larger and apparently stronger birds. 



The specimens in the case were obtained in the reed 

 beds round Heigham Sounds, in Norfolk, in December, 

 1871. 



WHIThlTHROAT. 



Case 33. 



These lively little migrants soon make their arrival 

 known, by showing themselves singing and chattering 

 on the top of the first hedge they reach after landing on 

 our shores for their summer visit. 



They seem happy enough when they reach our 

 coast, but I have noticed them very hard pressed 

 during a fresh north-west wind in the Channel. 



They appear to fly low to escape the force of the 

 wind, and this unfortunately leads to their being struck 

 down by the spray, when some unusually heavy sea 

 happens to break right in front of them. 



I believe that the smaller birds of passage seldom 



* The Beaiclcd Titmouse is known among the marshmen in the 

 east of Norfolk hy the nan^c of Kecd Phcafeaut. 



