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SOME ACCOUNT OF THE BIRDS OF GODALMING. 



have been dispossessed by the common sparrow ; this is par- 

 ticularly the case at the Holloway Hill sand-bank, immediately 

 adjoining the town. 



In the List which follows, Mr. H. Doubleday's excellent 

 " Nomenclature" has been scrupulously followed. ^ 



Catalogue of Birds which have occurred in the Neighbourhood of 



Godalming. 



Pandion Haliaeetus, 

 Accipiter friiigillarius, 

 Falco Peref^inus, 

 subbuteo, 

 fEsalon, 

 tinnunculus, 

 Buteo vulgaris, 

 Pernis apivorus, 

 Circus rufus, 



cyaneus, 

 cineraceus, 

 Scops Aldrovandi, 

 Otus vulgaris, 



Bracbyotus, 

 Strix flammea, 

 Syrnium Aluco, 

 Lanius coUurio, 



excubitor, 

 Muscicapa grisola, 



luctuosa, 

 Turdus viscivorus, 

 pilaris, 

 musicus, 

 Iliacus, 

 merula, 

 torquatus, 

 Oriolus Galbula, 

 Accentor niodularis, 

 Erithaca rubecula, 

 Pboenicura ruticilla, 

 Salicaria locustella, 

 phragmitis, 

 arundinacea, 

 Pliilomela luscinia, 

 Curruca atricapilla, 

 hortensis, 

 cinerea, 

 garrula, 

 Sylvia sibilatrix, 

 trocbilus, 

 rufa, 

 Melizophilus provin- 



cialis, 

 Regulus auricapillus, 

 Motacilla alba, 



boarula, 

 flaveola, 

 Anthus pratensis, 

 arboreus, 

 Saxicola oenanthe, 

 rubetra, 

 rubicola, 

 Parus major, 



coeruleus, 

 palustris, 

 ater, 

 Mecistura caudala. 



Osprey 



Sparrow-hawk 

 Peregrine Falcon 

 Hobby 

 Merlin 

 Kestrel 



Common Buzzard 

 Honey Buzzard 

 Moor Buzzard 

 Hen Harrier 

 Ash-coloured Harrier 

 Scops-eared Owl 

 Long-eared Owl 

 Short-eared Owl 

 White Owl 

 Tawney Owl 

 Red-backed Shrike 

 Ash-coloured Shrike 

 Spotted Flycatcher 

 Pied Flycatcher 

 Missel Thrush 

 Fieldfare 

 Song Thrush 

 Redwing 

 Blackbird 

 Ring Ousel 

 Golden Oriole 

 Hedge Sparrow 

 Redbreast 

 Redstart 



Grasshopper Warbler 

 Sedge Warbler 

 Reed Warbler 

 Nightingale 

 Blackcap 



Greater Pettychaps 

 White throat 

 Lesser W hite throat 

 Wood Wren 

 Willow Wren 

 Chiffchaff 



Dartford Warbler 

 Gold-crested Wren 

 Pied Wagtail 

 Grey Wagtail 

 YfeUow Wagtail 

 Meadow Pipit 

 Tree Pipit 

 Wlieatear 

 Whinchat 

 Stonechat 

 Great Titmouse 

 Blue Titmouse 

 Marsh Titmouse 

 Cole Titmouse 

 Long-tailed Titmouse 



Calamophilus biarmicus, Bearded Titmouse 



Bombycilla garrula. Waxen Chatterer 



Alanda arvensis. Sky Lark 



arborea. Wood Lark 



Plectrophanes nivalis. Snow Bunting 



Emberiza miliaria, Common Bunting 

 schoeniculus.Reed Bunting 

 citrinella. Yellow Hammer 

 cirlus, Cirl Bunting 



Fringilla coelebs. Chaffinch 



montifringiUa, Brambling 



Passer domesticus. House Sparrow 



Coccothraustes vulgaris, Hawfinch 

 Chloris, Greenfinch 



Carduelis spinus. Siskin 



elegans. Goldfinch 



Lanaria cannabina. Linnet 



montium, 

 borealis, 

 minor, 

 Pyrrhula vulgaris, 

 Loxia curvirostra, 

 Sturnus vulgaris, 

 Corvus corax, 

 corone, 

 frugilegus, 

 cornix, 

 monedula. 

 Pica melanoleuca, 

 Garrulus glandarius. 



Twite 



Mealy Redpole 



Lesser Redpole 



Bulfinch 



Cross-bill 



Starling 



Raven 



Crow 



Rook 



Hooded Crow 



Jackdaw 



Magpie 



Jay 



NucifragacaryocatactesNutcracker 



Picus viridis, 



major, 



minor, 

 Yunx Torquilla, 

 Certliia familiaris, 



Troglodytes Europ8eus,Wren 



Green Woodpecker 

 Gr. Spotted Woodpecker 

 Lr. Spotted Woodpecker 

 Wryneck 

 Creeper 



Upupa Epops, 

 Sitta Europsa, 

 Cuculus canorus, 

 Merops Apiaster, 

 Alcedo ispida, 

 Hirundo rustica, 

 urbica, 

 riparia, 

 Cj'pselus apus. 



Hoopoe 



Nuthatch 



Cuckoo 



Bee-eater 



Kingfisher 



Swallow 



House Martin 



Sand Martin 



Swift 





Caprimulgus EuropaeusGoat-sucker 

 Columba palumbus. Ring Dove 

 oenas, Stock Dove 



livia, Rock Dove 



turtur. Turtle Dove 



Phasianus Colchicus, Pheasant 



Torquatus, Ring Pheasant 

 Tetrao Tetrix, Black Grouse 



Perdix cinerea, Partridge 



Coturnix vulgaris. Common Quail 

 Oidicnemus crepitans. Common Thick-knee 



a A Nomenclature of British Birds, by Henry Doubleday. London, Westley 

 and Davis, 1836. 



