THE BIRDS OF ROUKEN GLEN PARK. 67 
A few pied wagtails may be seen, while the grey wagtail frequents 
the stream where it nests. The yellow wagtail, a summer visitor 
to the surrounding fields, comes in to the margins of the dams to 
bathe and get whatever food it can. 
Meadow Pipit (Anthus pratensis (L.)). Tree Pipit (Anthus trivt- 
alis (L.) )—The meadow pipit is at times very common in the 
grounds, and a few pairs of the tree pipit, a summer visitor, 
occur. 
Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola, L.)—This, the latest of 
our summer visitors to arrive, is not usually noticed before the 
middle of May. Indeed, the bird is more in evidence in autumn 
than early summer. 
Swallow (Hirundo rustica, L.). House Martin (Chelidon urbica 
(L.)). Sand Martin (Cottle riparia (L.) )—Our three species of 
swallow may often be observed hawking insects over the dams or 
above the trees from April till October. The swallow and sand 
martin are more numerous than the house martin, of which only 
in autumn are numbers seen. 
Greenfinch (Ligurinus chloris (L.))—Very common. The 
greenfinch begins to sing about the middle of March and con- 
tinues till August. 
House Sparrow (Fasser domesticus (L.) )—Abundant. 
Chaffinch (Fringilla celebs, L.)—Vies with the greenfinch in 
point of numbers. The song of the chaffinch is commenced a 
little earlier and finished a month or six weeks sooner than that 
of the greenfinch. 
Lesser Redpoll (Zinota rufescens (Vieill.) The lesser redpoll 
is sometimes seen in winter or early spring. 
Yellow Bunting (Zmdéeriza citrinella, L.). Reed Bunting (Zm- 
beriza scheniclus, L.)—Both these species are well known birds in 
the grounds, although the reed bunting is rather scarce, only a 
pair or two occurring by the edge of the dams, oftenest at the one 
at the head of the glen. The yellow bunting is a most persistent 
singer. The song is usually started in February, and even in 
October—long after most birds are songless—the melancholy wail 
of some tardy yellow-hammer may be heard. 
Starling (Starnus vulgaris, L..—Common. Perhaps one point 
in favour of this common but beautiful bird is the fact that it sings 
a great deal when other birds’ songs are few and far between. 
