BIRDS IN SOMERSETSHIRE. 165 



LIST OF BIRDS CHIEFLY KILLED IN SOMERSET- 

 SHIRE, WITH THE PLACES WHERE THEY WERE 

 MET WITH. 



Sea Eagle (Falco ossifragus) Chewton Mendip. 

 Buzzard (Falco buteo) Cawston ; shot whilst 



devouring a hen -pheasant. 

 Hobby (Falco subbuteo) Box ; a female. 

 Harrier (Falco cyaneus) Claverton, near Bath. 

 Kite (Falco milvus) Compton. 

 Alpine Vulture (Vultur Percnopterus) - Kilve, 



near Bridgwater. 

 Long-eared Owl (Strix otus) Compton ; found 



dead in the river. 

 Short-eared Owl (Strix brachyotus) Glaston- 



bury Moor, 



Little Owl (Noctua passerina) Tiverton. 

 Ash-coloured Shrike (Lanius excubitor) WeUs. 

 Nutcracker (Nucifraga caryocatactes) Bridge- 

 water. 



Chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) Claverton. 

 Great-spotted Woodpecker (Picus viridis) near 



Bath. 



Striped Woodpecker (Picus major) near Bath. 

 Hoopoe (Upupa epops) Compton. 

 Crossbill (Loxia curvirostra) Victoria Park,, 



Bath ; three shot from a large flock. 



