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NOTES TO THE 



35. Swift, 



36. Swallow, 



37. Martin, 



38. Sand-martin, 



26. Jay, common. 



27. Nuthatch, common. 



28. Wryneck, frequent in spring. 



29. Creeper, common. 



30. Green Woodpecker, frequent ; 

 breed in the park here every year. 



31. Great Spotted Woodpecker, 

 frequent ; breed in the park here 

 every year. 



32. Lesser Spotted Woodpecker, 

 rare ; seen this and last year. 



33. Cuckoo, common. 



34. Nightjar, occasional. 



Abundant usu- 

 ally, but this 

 year very few, 

 owing no doubt 

 to the extraor- 

 dinary scarcity 

 .of insects. 



39. Pied Wagtail, frequent (few 

 this year). 



40. Grey Wagtail, frequent (few 

 this year). 



41. Yellow Wagtail, not common. 



42. Greenfinch, abundant. 



43. Hawfinch, occasional ; a pair 

 nested here this spring. 



44. Bramble-finch, a good many in 

 the winter of 1873. 



45. Goldfinch, not many. 



46. Siskin, occasional flocks. 



47. Linnet, numerous. 



48. Redpole, occasional ; but I 

 have not observed whether common. 



49. Bullfinch, abundant. 



50. Dipper has been seen the 

 eggs found two years ago. 



51. Starling, very numerous. 



52. Missel Thrush, very numerous. 



53. Fieldfare, very numerous. 



54. Redwing, very numerous. 



55. Thrush, very numerous. 



56. Blackbird, very numerous. 



57. Redstart, frequent. 



58. Nightingale, abundant ; many 

 breed here. 



59. Dunnock, very common. 



60. Blackcap I have seen, but am 

 not sure whether it is frequent. 



61. Wren, abundant. 



62. Goldcrest, common. 



63. Woodlark, occasional. 



64. Skylark, abundant. 



65. Bunting, common. 



66. Snow Bunting, seen occasion- 

 ally. 



67. Yellowhammer, common. 



68. Chaffinch, abundant. 



69. Redbreast, abundant. 



70. Woodpigeon, abundant. 



71. Stockdove, common. 



72. Turtledove, common ; many 

 breed here. 



73. Pheasant, common. 



74. Partridge, common. 



75. Red-legged Partridge, com- 

 mon. 



76. Quail, rare ; a nest here three 

 or four years ago. 



77. Golden Plover, occasional 

 flocks. 



78. Peewit, flocks in winter, a 

 few breed. 



79. Heron, a small heronry here, 

 nine or ten nests. 



80. Common Sandpiper, occa- 

 sional. 



81. Green Sandpiper, occasion- 

 ally seen. 



82. Woodcock, a few ; a nest 

 hatched off in 1872. 



83. Great Snipe, two years ago I 

 saw a pair. 



84. Common Snipe, a few breed 

 here. 



85. Jack Snipe, the numbers of 

 this and the common snipe much 

 diminished by draining. 



86. Landrail, occasional, fewer 

 than formerly. 



87. Spotted Crake, rare. 



88. Water-rail, much less fre- 

 quent than formerly. 



89. Coot, occasional. 



90. Moorhen, abundant. 



91. Grey Lag Goose, occasionally, 

 but much rarer than formerly. 



92. Pink-footed Goose, have seen 

 one. 



93. Egyptian Goose, once or 

 twice. 



94. Canada Goose, kept tame, 

 breed freely. 



95. Hoopoe, occasionally in hard 

 winters ; two years ago a small nock 

 (five) stayed late into spring. My 

 keeper said they got quite tame, and 

 he thought at one time they would 

 stay and breed. 



