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Turtite Dove.—<Always to be seen in summer. Breed in our hedges; nest con- 
sists of a few twigs, barely sufficient to confine the eggs. 
Raven.—Occasionally seen flying over. 
Crow.—Common. Breed in the trees adjoining the house. 
Roox —Abundant. Build at the Rectory. , 
Jackpaw.—Always build in the elm tree opposite the Mill. 
Macrrz.—Generally breed in the coppice adjoining Cerney road. 
Jay.—Breed in the coppice beyond the Windmill. 
Sraritine.—Very numerous. 
Bunytinc.—Common. 
Rerp Buntine.—Ditto. 
YELLow Buntinc.—Very abundant. 
Cire Buntine.—Very rare, never saw but one specimen. 
Cuarrincu.—Very numerous. 
Buitirmvcu.—Common. Often build in the thickest part of the Scotch wild rose. 
Gotprinca.—Common. 
GREENFINCH.—Very numerous in winter; a few breed here. 
CrossBeak.— Sometimes seen in winter. 
BRaMBLING.—Not uncommon in severe winters; never breed here. 
Brown Liynet.—Common. Breed in the groves, and we have immense flocks 
in winter. 
Sisxkrn.—Only once seen. 
Movunrain Linnet.—I have shot some of these in the flocks of the common 
Linnet in winter. 
Hovsz Sparrow.—Very numerous. 
Tree SParrow.—Not uncommon in the winter, but they are principally male 
birds. I generally shoot some cocks, but very rarely a hen. 
Nuruatcu.—Not often seen. I frequently see one running up the trunk of a 
lime tree close to my dining-room window. 
CreEPer.—I may apply exactly the same remarks as to the Nuthatch. 
Wrynecx.—Constant summer visitant, arriving about the time of the Cuckoo, 
thence named by the country people the Cuckoo’s Mate. 
Green WooprreckEer.—Common. 
Cucxoo.—Numerous; the trees above my house a favourite spot with them; 
during the breeding season they sing the whole night, in all kinds of 
key. 
Pieters 1 haye seen them two or three summers, but do not regularly 
visit us. 
Swirt.—Common. 
Martr.—Ditto. 
SwaLitow.—Ditto. 
Sanp Martin.—Seldom seen. 
Prep Wacratt.—-Plentiful. 
Yettow Wacrait.—Ditto. 
Hepcr Sparrow.—Abundant. 
Rozry.— Ditto. 
Repstart.—Summer visitant, not so abundant as formerly. 
Brackcar.—Same remarks apply. 
Stonecuat.—Always to be seen. 
Waurncuat.—Sometimes seen. 
WuHEATEAR.—Although a constant frequenter of the Cotteswolds, I have never 
seen but one specimen in this parish. 
GrassHorprpeR LArxk.—Once heard in Furzenlease Coppice. 
Sepce WarsiEeR.—Not uncommon. 
NiGHTINGALE,—Formerly abundant at Furzenlease, where many were snared 
and kept the winter in cages; we now have scarcely one in the parish. 
ee aT.—Very numerous. 
onc Wintow WReEN. 
SMALLER WILLOW WREN. } We have both these, 
Curr Cxat.—Frequently heard. 
