BIRDS. 85 



FAMILY— CUCULID^. 



Cuculus canorus. (Linn.) The Cuckoo. 



Very common. Many eggs are taken from the nests 

 of the Reed Sjjarrow [Salicaria arundinacea). I once 

 took an egg (which is now in my possession) from a 

 Wagtail's nest, in the Cricket-field wall. The nest 

 was built in a small hole, and I should not have 

 believed it possible that a Cuckoo could have passed 

 through the aperture, had I not observed the old 

 Cuckoo flying from the nest.* 



TEIBE— TENUIEOSTEES. 

 FAMILY— CEETHIAD^. 



Certhia familiaris. (Linn.) The Tree Creeper. 

 Very common. Eemains throughout the year. 



Sylvia troglodytes. (Penn.) The Wren — local name, Jinty. 



Sitta europma. (Penn.) The Nuthatch. 



Is often met with ^t Foremark. The eggs are but 

 rarely taken. 



TEIBE — FISSIEOSTEES. 

 FAMILY— HAL CIONK)^. 



Alcedo ispida. (Linn.) The Kingfisher. 



This beautiful bird is still of tolerably frequent occur- 

 rence, but I fear that each year, as it passes, sees a 

 diminution of its numbers. A pair have for many 



* Compare the statement of Le Valliant as to the manner in which 

 this bird deposits her eggs. "Wood's Illustrated Natural History" — 

 Birds— p. 572. S. A. P. 



