BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT. 291 
Noted at Prestatyn early in May, 1891. A plaintive high- 
pitched piping note was made out between the “trills” of its 
song as it crept along the hedgerow; this was distinct from the 
‘tic” of its alarm note [H.D. ] 
Common at Wrexham [A.D.]; and Nant-y-ffrith [R H.V.K.] 
“Occurs sparingly” at Maesmor [W.J.K.] Not observed near 
Palé [T.R.] 
“A rather scarce summer visitor — Bidston, Bebington, 
Puddington. A nest has also been found near Upton.” 
(Br. p. 6.) 
* Accentor modularis. HEDGE-SPARROW. 
‘* An abundant resident” in Wirral (Br. p. 5) as elsewhere. 
p- 5 
* Cinclus aquaticus. Dipper. 
Common on all the running streams in our Welsh counties, 
where it regularly breeds. A specimen was shot at the mouth 
of the Wepre Brook at Connah’s Quay [H.D.]; and Mr. A. O. 
WALKER noted it close to the sea-shore on the Colwyn Bay 
brook. 
* Panurus biramicus. BEARDED TITMOUSE. 
On January 20, 1894, I purchased a pair of these birds, male 
and female, from Mr. Wit~tram Cox, Bird Preserver, Man- 
chester Street, Liverpool. Mr. Cox informed me that they 
were shot on the znd or 3rd of September, 1893, the male by 
himself, and the female, after some following up, by a friend 
who was with him, in a little ditch full of reeds between 
Hoylake and West Kirby. He brought some of the reeds home, 
on which the birds have been mounted by Mr. NEWSTEAD, and 
are now in the Grosvenor Museum. 
* Acredula caudata. Lonc-TAILED TITMOUSE. 
Resident and common. Usually seen in flocks. Frequently 
in great numbers, associated with other Tits, in Delamere Forest 
[R.N.] Breeds throughout the district, eg., round Chester, 
Ince, Peckforton, Prestatyn, Colwyn Bay, Palé. Increasing in 
numbers at Wrexham |A.D.} 
‘A not uncommon resident” in Wirral. (Br. p. 7.) 
* Parus major. Great TirMouseE. 
‘« An abundant resident ” (Br. p. 6.) 
Not so common as Parus ceruleus. 
* Parus ater. Coat TIrMousE. 
A fairly common resident about Chester, but much less 
common than Parus palusiris. Not very common at Colwyn 
Bay [A.O.W.] Not so common as it used to be at Nant-y-ffrith 
[R.H.V.K.] Scarce round Palé [T.R.] 
