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White or Barn Owl, Strix Flammea. Resident; but not so 
common as formerly. 
INSESSORES.—DEntTirnosTRES.—LANIDADZ. 
Red-backed Shrike, Lanius Collurio. A pair of these birds 
reared five young ones a few years ago, near Bidston. 
MUSCICAPID. 
Spotted Flycatcher, Muscicapa Grisola. A common summer 
visitor. 
Pied Flycatcher, Muscicapa Atricapilla. On April 30th, 1867, 
I saw a rather shy, restles bird of this species in a wood at 
Burton. 
MERULIDZ. 
Missel Thrush, Turdus Visciworus. A common resident. 
Fieldfare, Turdus Pilaris, A common winter visitor. Two or 
three years ago, a flock were constantly near the house. Two 
of these birds were frequently at an unfinished nest in a 
hedge; but all the flock departed before this was finished, 
and it never came to anything. Denhall. 
A few years previously, I saw a Fieldfare on an unfinished 
nest. The bird forsook on being disturbed. Maghull, Lan- 
cashire. 
Song Thrush, Turdus Musicus. An abundant resident. The 
nest is sometimes built on the ground in woods. I once 
knew one on the ground in the middle of a large field, at a 
considerable distance from any bush. I have known three 
instances of a nest in the cavity of an old magpie’s nest. 
Redwing,Turdus Iliacus, A common winter resident. 
Blackbird, Turdus Merula, An abundant resident. 
Ring Ouzel, Turdus Torquatus. An occasional visitor. In 
April, 1864, I found a nest containing four eggs at Pud- 
dington. 
SYLVIADZ. 
Hedge Accentor, Accentor Modularis. An abundant resident. 
Redbreast, Erythaca Rubecula, An abundant resident. 
