36 BIRD-LIFE IN A SOUTHERN COUNTY. 



mildness of the climate renders winter residence 

 possible, than as normal visitors. Precisely similar 

 remarks may be applied to the Corn Crake, the 

 Chiffchaff, and some few other species. We may 

 also mention that occasionally a Short-eared Owl 

 (sometimes several together) may be flushed from 

 the gorse coverts in autumn, but as a rule this 

 species shows more partiality for swampy ground, 

 turnip fields, and rough pastures. 



