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or, more nearly, the sound of a fisherman's reel. It is 

 found all over the County, though not numerously, and 

 nests with us, generally preferring damp situations. 



HEDGE SPARROW B. Common. Few objects in the 

 Accentor modularis. country are more familiar than this 

 soberly clad bird, with its short sweet 

 song, and nest with lovely blue eggs. 



Alpine Accentor. This larger and very rare species has 

 A. collaris. occurred once in Shropshire, in 1891. 



It was caught in a brick trap at Bore- 

 atton Park, and identified by Dr. Herbert Sankey. 



DIPPER or Water Ouzel B. Common on most streams, 



Cinclus aquaticus. especially on the Welsh border. Its 



beautiful dome-shaped nest, compactly 



built of moss, is often found on the banks, but generally 



escapes notice from being cunningly concealed. An 



example of the Black-Bellied variety (C. melanogasUr), 



was shot at Church Stretton, December i5th, 1895, by 



Mr. Campbell Hyslop, and reported by Mr. Paddock. 



Bearded Tit. This rare Tit seems to have been resident in 



Panurus biarmicus. former times at Aqualate Mere, on the borders 



of Shropshire and Staffordshire. Sir Thos. 



Boughey had two eggs taken out of a nest in a gorse bush near 

 the mere, prior to 1880, and three of the birds, from the same 

 district, are said to have been stuffed by Harvey. 



LONG-TAILED TIT B. Provincial name, Canbottlin. 



Acredula caudata. Very common. The beautiful egg- 



shaped nest of moss and wool, thickly lined with feathers, 

 and ornamented with bits of lichen, etc., is, in Shropshire 

 at any rate, more often placed in the midst of a thicket 

 of rose-brambles than elsewhere. It sometimes contains 



