io6 THE BIRDS OF BERKS AND BUCKS. 



was probably correct, as they were observed in other 

 counties about the same date. 



They generally leave us towards the end of March. 



Redwing {Ttirdtis iliacus). Local name, Red 

 Thrush. This bird arrives here from the north in the 

 middle of October ; it generally makes its appearance 

 about the 20th of that month, but I have occasionally 

 known them to arrive earlier. 



They are often to be seen in the neighbourhood 

 of Windsor, feeding in flocks on the moist ground 

 bordering on the Thames, and I have observed large 

 numbers of this species in a part of Windsor Great 

 Park known as * Queen Anne's drive,' as late as 

 the beginning of April. They leave us for the most 

 part at the end of February, or early in March. 



Tribe — CONIROSTRES. Family — Fringillid.e. 



Brambling {Fringilla montifringilld). Locally 

 called Bramble-finch or Mountain-findi. A regular 

 winter visitor, appearing in far larger numbers in 

 some years than in others. The first flocks usually 

 arrive towards the end of November, occasionally 

 being observed in October, and leaving us again at 

 the close of winter. The Rev. H. H. Crewe states 

 that this bird appears in vast flocks during the late 

 autumn, winter, and early spring months in the 

 neighbourhood of Drayton Beauchamp, Buckingham- 

 shire, for the purpose of feeding on the beech-mast. 



