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THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



FaM. PANUPJD.E. 



BEARDED TITMOUSE. Panurus Uarmicus, (L.) 



Yarrell, i. p. 511 ; Harting, p. 22; Seehohm, i. p. 492; Ibis 

 List, p. 24 ; Calamopliilus biarmicus, Dresser, iii. p. 49. 



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The Bearded Titmouse must be regarded as a rare 

 J^ and very exceptional visitor to Dorsetshire, although 

 5 ?r ^ ^^^ established resident in Norfolk and Cambridge- 

 shire. Several have been met with on the Fleet at 



^ » ^' shot there by Captain Latour (W. Thompson). 



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^'^^ Abbotsbury, and five or six are said to have been 



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Fam. Ampelid^. 



WAX WING. Avipelis gar nil us, L 



Yarrell, i. p. 523; Harting, p. 23; Dresser, iii. p. 429; See- 

 hoJim, ii. 3 ; Ibis List, p. 39 ; Pultenerjs List, p. 1 1. 



The Waxwing is an occasional winter visitant from 

 the north, arriving spasmodically and in some num- 



