96 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



through the winter until spring in small families of 

 from five to eight in number, passing through, and 

 searching all the hedges and trees in their rambles for 

 insects. In the spring they are only to be seen in pairs, 

 and at this period it is easy to note the locality for the 

 nest. One nest was found with young in it, in a wood 

 near Orlestone, on April 30, 1903, and another on May 

 8, 1906, near Orlestone. It was fixed in a white-thorn 

 bush about five feet from the ground, and of the usual 

 type, of green moss covered with small flakes of white 

 lichen. It is a moderately common resident at Stour- 

 mouth, but not all the winter, G. Dowker. It has been 

 observed in all the following localities : Nonington, W. 

 0. Hammond ; Dover, C. Gordon, G. Gray and Dr. 

 Plomley ; Folkestone, H. Ullyett ; Elmstone, Kev. W. 

 B. Delmar ; Walmer, Rev. B. Austen ; Higham and 

 Mailing valley, Eev. C. H. Fielding ; Maidstone, I have 

 noticed small flocks often in winter, H. Lamb ; Bethers- 

 den. Captain J. D. Cameron. 



From October 11, 1905, many small flocks were noted 

 in Eomney Marsh below Euckinge and the Eoyal 

 Military Canal throughout the winter. 



Genus PARUS, Linnsens. 



GEEAT TITMOUSE. 



Panis major, Linnaeus. S.N., i., p. 341 (1766). 

 Ox-eye and Joe Ben. 



Although the Great Titmouse is generally distributed 

 over the county of Kent and a resident, it is nowhere 

 found in numbers, being rather, if anything, a solitary 

 bird, or only found in pairs during the breeding season. 



