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Haunts towns throughout the year. Attacks birds of prey, 

 and clamours loudly against the Red-backed Shrike. 



49. Cole Tit. Par us ater. Permanently resident. Abun- 

 dant, and generally dirtributed. Associates with its con- 

 geners, the Blue, ISIarsh, Great, and Long-tailed Tits, feed- 

 ing in harmony with them. Haunts trees in gardens, in 

 the middle of towns. 



50. Marsli Tit. Parus palustris. Permanently resident. 

 Abundant, haunting deep woods, as well as hedge-rows. 

 Associates with its congeners, and is found at times in the 

 midst of towns, feeding upon insects and larvae. In deep 

 woods very generally aftects the underwood, w^here the 

 white willow and hawthorn abound. 



51. Long-tailed Tit. Mecistura lonciicaudata. Permanently 

 resident. Common and generally distributed. Nestles eai-ly, 

 often in February, making an oval domed nest, most beauti- 

 fully constructed, and profusely lined with feathers. I have 

 known it lay ten, twelve, and even fourteen eggs. The 

 young keep together in families until spring, 



52. Bohemian Waxwing. Bomhycilla garrula. A casual win- 

 ter visitor. Jan. 5th 1835, three of these birds were 

 killed at Loughborough by Mr George Nash, as they were 

 sitting upon a rail. Their crops were found to contain 

 berries of the mountain ash and haws. 



53. Pied Wagtail. Motacilla alba. Permanently resident. 

 Common, and generally distributed. Partially migrates in 

 winter. Nestles on the ground, under banks, where they 

 are hassocky, on stacks of wood, &c. In August and Sep- 

 tember congregates into large bodies in the evenings, and 

 roosts among aquatic plants in osier beds. 



54. Grey Wagtail. Motacilla Boarida. A winter visitor with 

 us. Haunts the same localities as the Pied Wagtail, that 

 is low flat lands, drains, mill banks, and the sides of canals 

 and rivers. 



55. Ray's Wagtail. Budytes Jlava. A summer visitor to 

 this county, arriving in the end of April. Affects our up- 

 lands, and is a great frequenter of our cow pastures. In 



