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no means a regular winter visitant ; the specimen in the Museum, 
in winter plumage, was shot at Tormarton in January 1881. 
4,—TootH BILLED. 
The beak has a distinct tooth or notch near its extremity, 
enabling the bird to hold its prey securely. 
This is a still larger tribe than the previous one, embracing 
the Butcher birds, Fly Catchers, Thrushes, Warblers, Titmice, 
Wagtails, &c. 
Here again our Museum is fairly strong, having all the 
specimens mentioned in Terry’s list except the following :—The 
Great Shrike, the Dipper, the Reed Warbler, the Fire Crest, the 
Yellow Wagtail, the Wax Wing and the Pied Fly Catcher. 
The Museum possesses a specimen of Ray’s Wagtail, not 
mentioned in Terry’s list, and Mr. Blomefield mentions that a 
specimen of the Black Redstart, a very rare bird, was shot near 
the Viaduct, Limpley Stoke, at Christmas 1881, but he was. 
unable to obtain it for the Museum. 
The Great Gray Shrike and the Pied Fly Catcher, mentioned 
by Terry, are both rare birds in England. 
The Dipper, or Water Ouzel, used to be not unfrequently found 
in Somersetshire and Wiltshire, but it has been so persecuted by 
gamekeepers, under the mistaken idea that it feeds on the spawn 
of fish, that it has become rare. Although we have two nests. 
and eggs of the Water Ouzel in the Museum, we have no specimen 
- of the bird itself. 
GrounpD BIRDS. 
Amongst these are included the Doves, Pheasants, and Grouse. 
Of the Doves we have all four species mentioned in the “ Birds 
of Somersetshire and Wiltshire,” viz., the Ring Dove or Wood 
Pigeon, the Stock Dove, the Rock Dove, and the Turtle Dove ; 
in Terry’s list the Stock Dove and Rock Dove are not mentioned, 
although not uncommon. 
