30 THE BIRDS OF RAINHAM. 



BEARDED TIT. 

 Panurus biarmicus (Linn.). 



The Bearded Tit has not, to my knowledge, 

 occurred in my district. Three were shot in a reed 

 bed on the banks of the Medway in the winter of 

 1865, near Maidstone. 



WAXWING. 



Ampelis garrulus y Linn. 



The Waxwing is extremely rare in this district, 

 only two to my knowledge have been obtained ; one 

 was shot from a pair in our woods in 1867, another 

 obtained in an orchard the same year. A small 

 flight was seen in an orchard at Milton, taking a con- 

 trary direction from here where one or two others 

 were obtained. 



PIED WAGTAIL. 

 Motacilla lugubris, Temminck. 



The neat chaste Wagtails keep us company all the 

 year round, being most numerous in the autumn. 

 They visit our sheep-folds in the winter, running 

 among the sheep while feeding on the turnips. In 

 summer we see them following the plough, picking up 

 the wire-worms in the furrows, going and coming 

 with their bills quite full of them for several hours 

 together, and continuing their good offices till the 

 team leaves off work. 



