166 BIRDS IN SOMERSETSHIRE. 



Grosbeak (Loxia coccothraustes) Compton ; 



bred there. 

 Tawny -bun ting (Emberiza nivalis) Mendip 



Hills ; in flocks. 

 Cirl Bunting (Emberiza cirlus) A pair shot 



between Wells and Glastonbury. 

 Mountain Finch (Fringilla moritifringilla) Cla- 



verton. 

 Siskin (Fringilla spinus) Compton ; on the 



Alder trees by the side of the river. 

 Greater Redpole (Fring. cannabina) Burnet. 

 Lesser Redpole (Fring. linaria) Compton; flocks 



with the Siskin. 

 Ring Ousel (Turdus torquatus) near Bath ; a 



female. 

 Golden Plover (Charadrius pluvialis) Mendip 



Hills. 



Dottrel (Char, morinellus) Mendip Hills. 

 Spotted Rail (Gallinula Porzana) Six shot on 



Glastonbury Moor. 



Egret (Ardea garzetta) Glastonbury Moor. 

 Bittern (Ardea stellaris) Glastonbury Moor. 

 Squacco Heron (Ardea Comata) purchased in 



Bath Market. 



Whimbrel (Scolopax phaeopus) Bridgewater. 

 Great Snipe (Scolopax major) Glastonbury 



Moor. 



Cinereous Godwit (Scolopax Canescens) Wells. 

 Gambet (Tringa gambetta) Bridgewater. 



