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as my observation goes, evince any partiality for 

 swampy ground or the neighbourhood of marshes. 

 On the contrary, I have found it more numerous 

 among the large woods that crown the higher 

 portion of the lower green-sandstone formation, 

 where its northern escarpment abuts on the 

 valley of the weald, than perhaps anywhere else ; 

 as at Henley Hill, Bexley Hill, Pitshill, Flexham 

 Park, and Bedham. It is also common in Ash- 

 down and Tilgate forests. 



Long-tailed Tit, Pants caudatus. Generally 

 distributed. Abundant among the oak woods of 

 the weald. The young, when able to fly, accom- 

 pany their parents, and wandering family parties 

 of from ten to twelve of these social birds may 

 frequently be noticed throughout the winter, 

 flitting from tree to tree, uttering their faint in- 

 distinct note, as they climb among the branches 

 and explore the lichens for minute insects, or 

 curiously pry into the craonies of the rough bark. 



Beaeded Tit, Calamophllits hiarmicus. Oc- 

 casionally found in situations adapted to its 

 habits, but is decidedly less numerous in Sussex 

 than in many other counties nearer the metro- 

 polis. Was formerly not unusual in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Pevensey, but is now rare, most of 

 the reed-beds having been removed to admit ol 

 the water running freely through the dykes. 



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