292 BIRDS OF THE DISTRICT 
*« A rather scarce resident”’ (Br. p. 6.) Both Mr. Jess and 
Mr. Wottey Dop consider it commoner than the Marsh Tit in 
their parts. 
* Parus palustris. Marsn TirMovuse. 
A very common resident: more general throughout the 
district than Parus afer. Very common at Llangollen [E.C.D.], 
and Palé [T.R.]; and in winter in Delamere Forest, it accom- 
panies other members of the family; also at Ince, where it 
frequents gardens in winter, and feeds on the ‘American 
blight.” Fairly common at Colwyn Bay | A.O.W.] 
“ An abundant resident” in Wirral (Br. p. 7.) 
* Parus ceeruleus. Brive TITMOUSE. 
“An abundant resident” (Br. p. 6.) The commonest of 
our Tits. 
* Sitta ceesia. NuTHATcH 
A local resident. ‘‘ Frequently seen in the Chester Cemetery 
where it undoubtedly breeds” [R.N.] Not uncommon in the 
Eaton Park, where it breeds. Heard at ‘‘ The Dale,’’ Chester, 
in 1893 [D.D.] The late Miss Fr1~pEn, Mollington Hall, 
used to feed them there [W.M.D.| Mr. A. P. Wuire has 
shot one at Little Budworth. Abundant all the year round 
at Edge Hall; carries off Indian corn, and eats out the eye 
[C.W.D.] Heard at Carden [G.W.H.] 
In Wales it occurs at Maesmor, but is scarce [W.J.K.] Very 
rare at Nant-y-ffrith [R.H.V.K.] Mr. A. O. Walker, though 
on the look out for it, has never heard or seen it at Colwyn 
Bay, or in®our Welsh Counties: and Mr. Ruppy has never 
observed it at Palé; but Str H. B. Roperrson observed it 
once at Cregen, Corwen, in the winter of 1868. 
Troglodytes parvulus. WREN. 
“ An abundant resident” in Wirral (Br. p. 9.) So also in 
all the district. 
* Certhia familiaris. TREE-CREEPER. 
‘« A common resident ” in Wirral (Br. p. 9.); also throughout 
the district. 
Mr. R. NEwSTEAD informs me that it feeds freely on the 
common mussel-scale of the apple (ALZyii/aspis pomorum, Bouché), 
a fact, he believes, not hitherto recorded. 
Motacilla lugubris. Prep Wacrai_. 
“¢ An abundant resident ”’ in Wirral. ‘‘I believe a number of 
these birds leave here in autumn.” (Br. p. 7.) 
I have seen small companies in Chester, evidently new 
arrivals, in March. 
