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Sedge Warbler, Aquatic Warbler, Paddy Field Warbler, Grasshopper 

 Warbler, River Warbler, Cetti's Warbler, Hedge Sparrow, Alpine 

 Accentor, Dipper, Great Titmouse, Wren, Tree Creeper, Pied Wagtail, 

 White Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Blue-headed Wagtail, Black-headed 

 Yellow Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit, Red- 

 throated Pipit, Tawny Pipit, Richard's Pipit, Water Pipit, Rock Pipit, 

 Golden Oriole, Great Grey Shrike, Lesser Grey Shrike, Isabelline 

 Shrike, Red-backed Shrike, Woodchat, Spotted Flycatcher, Pied Fly- 

 catcher, Swallow, Martin, Greenfinch, Hawfinch, Goldfinch, Serin, 

 House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow, Chaffinch, Brambling, Snowfinch, 

 Linnet, Mealy Redpoll, Lesser Redpoll, Twite, Bullfinch, Northern 

 Bullfinch, Black-headed Bunting, Corn Bunting, Yellow Bunting, Meadow 

 Bunting, Cirl Bunting, Yellow-breasted Bunting, Ortolan, Reed Bunting, 

 Lapland Bunting, Starling, Jay, Magpie, Jackdaw, Skylark, Woodlark, 

 Crested Tit, Short-toed Lark, White-winged Lark, Desert Lark, Green 

 Woodpecker, Ring Dove, Stock Dove, Turtle Dove, and Little Grebe- 

 One hundred and nineteen species in all. 



DOES IVY INJURE TREES? This is a question I would 

 very much like answered by some practical authority, because in 

 some districts where the Ivy has been allowed a free course one 

 suddenly sees the whole lot cut down, and the dead and decaying 

 leaves do not by any means improve the appearance of the trees. It 

 does not appear to me that trees are injured by the Ivy growing up 

 them, for it merely adheres to the bark and does not cling round it to 

 such an extent as to injure the growth of the tree. If it is not this, 

 then what is the reason that some landowners have such a hatred of 

 the evergreen? Does it make the bark or tree less saleable, or does 

 it harbour insects which are injurious to the tree? Let us have this 

 matter cleared up satisfactorily, so that if it is proved beyond doubt 

 that the tree does not suffer, we may, as Selbornians and lovers of 

 Nature and the country, endeavour to get preserved those trees on 

 which the plant is found growing. 



6th. Cold and blustering winds, showery, bright between. 



Red Admiral Butterfly in the garden. A Camberwell Beauty 

 Butterfly was caught in one of the rooms at the Board School here 

 this week. 



How the Lark cleaves the air, especially when looked at through 

 a pair of good glasses. It always seems to soar and sing with its 

 head to the wind. Is it not interesting to watch it soaring upward? 

 Taking the glass from the eye the observer can scarcely see the 



