THE SMALLER INLAND BIRDS. 



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BLACKBIRD. Common, and breeding everywhere. 

 WHINCHAT. A summer migrant. By no means plentiful. 



STONECHAT. Has been known to breed in the " outer sandhills " 

 occasionally. 



REDBREAST. Well known to everyone. Nesting everywhere. 

 WHITETHROAT. Common in the summer time. 



BLACKCAP. Fairly plentiful in this district. I have seen this 

 bird in a cornfield, hanging on to the stalks of corn. 



YELLOW WARBLER. Fairly numerous in the summer. 



REED WARBLER. I am puzzled as to the identity of a warbler which I put 

 up on the moss one day. It was either a reed 

 warbler or a sedge warbler, but which of the two 

 species I cannot say. 



HEDGE SPARROW. " Dunnock." Common everywhere. 



LONGTAILED TIT. Byerly, in his " Fauna of Liverpool," 1856, states that 

 the long tailed tit is not uncommon near Liverpool in 

 winter, and Mr. Clarke has often seen them and 

 frequently had specimens brought to him for stuffing. 



GREAT TIT. Fairly plentiful. 



BLUE TIT. Common. It is a charming sight watching the tits 

 climbing prettily round a lump of fat, which has been 

 hung in front of the windows of the house in winter 

 time. 



COLE TIT. Also fairly numerous. 



