the broads and large pieces of water in the eastern 

 part of the island. The case is intended to 

 represent the birds in such a position. 



The specimens were obtained near Shoreham, 

 in Sussex, in September, 1875. 



WREN. 



Case 9. 



It is needless to say much about this familiar 

 little bird. Jenny Wren is almost as well known 

 as Cock Robin. 



It may possibly, however, have escaped the 

 notice of some observers, that these little birds have 

 a singular habit of roosting together in great 

 numbers during cold weather. 



I have repeatedly counted as many as ten or a 

 dozen, just at dusk, flying one after another into a 

 hole in a haystack, or in the thatch of some out- 

 building. 



The specimens in the case were obtained at 

 Portslade, near Brighton, in June, 1874. 



SAND MARTIN. (MATURE). 



Case 10. 



We frequently have severe weather in the 

 spring after the arrival of this poor little traveller. 



The Sand Martin, however, appears to be a 

 remarkably hardy bird, as I have sometimes 

 noticed thousands huddled together on the reeds in 

 the broads of our eastern counties during a snow- 

 storm early in the spring, and apparently none the 

 worse, should the sun break through on the follow- 

 ing day. 



When I lived in Glenlyon, in Perthshire, I was 

 surprised to notice one season that no Sand 



