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The Lesser one was shot at Batheaston, but there is no 
information as to the others. 
The Hoopoe is generally included in this division, although 
not aclimber. Cecil Smith (‘ Birds of Somersetshire ”) considers 
it very rare, not having seen one, but hearing of one being seen 
near Taunton, in 1866. Rev. A. C. Smith (“ Birds of Wiltshire ”) 
mentions that a fine male was shot at Savernake in 1877, and 
another at Bowood in 1886. 
Terry meations one being shot at Weston, in 1850, but there 
is no specimen of the bird in the Museum ; several members of 
the Bath Field Club, however, testify to having seen the Hoopoe 
in the suburbs of Bath on one or two occasions. 
3,—CoNnE BILLED. 
So called from the conical form and immense strength of the 
beak ; this is a large division, including the Crows, Finches, 
Buntings and Larks. 
All the Crows mentioned in Terry’s list are in the Museum, 
except the Chough, viz., the Raven, Hooded or Royston Crow, 
both rare, the latter being shot at Tadwick, the Carrion Crow, 
Jackdaw, Rook, Magpie, Jay and Starling. As to the Chough, 
Terry says one was caught at Bathwick, in 1831, but both the 
Smiths agree that the bird is extinct in° our home counties, 
although the sign of the “ Three Choughs” at Yeovil would 
seem to indicate that the birds had once been common 
there. | 
Cecil Smith says that the Choughs seem to have a natural 
antipathy to Jackdaws, and the latter being the hardier birds 
have probably supplanted them. 
Of the numerous Finches, Buntings and Larks, we have a good. 
collection, embracing all the species mentioned by Terry except 
the Mealy Redpole and the Pine Grosbeak, neither of which 
are mentioned in the “Birds of Somersetshire or Wiltshire.” 
The Snow-bunting is a not unfrequent straggler here, but is by 
