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gave the canary note and the strays joined 

 the flock, which was seemingly no more con- 

 spicuous to the stray birds looking from above 

 than they were to E.H.C. looking from below. 

 The tree was in full seed, and as the redpolls 

 moved showers of seed fell like snow. The 

 birds are most tit -like in their action in hanging 

 from slender twigs. The birds seemed to 

 enjoy the afternoon sunlight as every once now 

 and again the flock would take wing and circle 

 round, returning however to the tree guided by 

 the canary call of those remaining. They are 

 linnet -like in flight, but quicker and more 

 sprightly. E.H.C. concluded they had come 

 South from N.E. (E.H.C. and W.P.C.) 



(10) Pyrrhula pyrrhula pileata. British Bullfinch. 



May 20 Observed nesting in Bere Wood. (W.P.C.) 

 May 28 One male and an unfinished nest at Badbury. 

 (E.H.C.) 



(11) Emberiza calandra. The Corn- Bunting. 



May 20 Seen at Bere wood. (W.P.C.) 



May 28 A male in full song at Longfleet Lodge. (E.H.C). 



(12) Emberiza citrinella. The Yellow Bunting. 



Apr. 30 An unusually large number at Badbury Rings. 



(W.P.C. and E.H.C.) 



May 20 Seen at Bere Wood. (W.P.C.) 

 May 28 Five to six pairs on Badbury Rings. 



(E.H.C.) 



(13) Emberiza cirlus. The Girl Bunting. 



May 20 A pair seen on the outskirts of Bere Wood. 

 (W.P.C.) 



