BIRDS 



In addition to the 1 10 residents and summer migrants that breed in the 

 county, the following birds formerly nested regularly, but have ceased to do 

 so subsequently to 1840. The date after the name is that of the last authen- 

 ticated nest : 



Marsh harrier (1855) Hobby (1862) 



Hen harrier (1841 ? 1903-5) Roseate tern (after 1854) 



Rough-legged buzzard (about 1859) Black-headed gull (about 1845) 

 Kite (1842) 



The following species have nested at least once in the county since the 

 middle of the century : 



Yellow wagtail (frequently) Spotted crake (often) 



Hawfinch (once) Turnstone (more than once, Scilly) ? 



Hoopoe (once) Redshank (once) 



Turtle-dove (once, Scilly) Woodcock (once) 



Quail (often) 



Among the accidental visitors to the county there are, as previously 

 mentioned, no less than eighteen American species, namely : 



Red-winged starling American stint 



Yellow-billed cuckoo Buff-breasted sandpiper 



Hawk owl Bartram's sandpiper 



Little green heron Solitary sandpiper 



American bittern Yellow shank 



Surf scoter Red-breasted snipe 



Killdeer plover Esquimaux curlew 



Pectoral sandpiper Bonaparte's gull 



Bonaparte's sandpiper Ivory gull 



Apart from introduced species there arc thirteen birds that have occurred 

 in Devonshire and not in Cornwall: 



Nightingale Nutcracker 



Red spotted bluethroat Buff-backed heron 



Black-headed warbler Red-breasted goose 



Rufous warbler American green-winged teal 



Alpine accentor Caspian tern 



Crested-tit ? Great black-headed gull 



Serin 



Of these the nightingale is a summer migrant, the crested-tit a casual 

 and all the others accidental visitors. The little egret has occurred in Devon- 

 shire, and may have to be added to the above list, as there is some doubt 

 about its appearance in Cornwall. 



Twenty-four species have occurred in Cornwall that have not yet been 

 found in Devonshire : 



Yellow-browed warbler Collared pratincole 



Tawny pipit Red grouse 



Scandinavian rock pipit Baillon's crake 



Red-breasted flycatcher Little ringed plover 



Ortolan bunting Killdeer plover 



Red-winged starling Bartram's sandpiper 



Short-toed lark Solitary sandpiper 



Scop's owl Yellow shank 



Spotted eagle Esquimeaux curlew 



Iceland falcon Roseate tern 



Lesser kestrel Bonaparte's gull 



Little green heron Brilnnich's guillemot 



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