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• Fringilla montifringilla. 



Monntairi Finch. 



LOCAL NAME. SEEN. 



Branibllng . March 1st, 1867. 



Xot one winter passes without a visit from one or more 

 flocks of these beautiful birds. About January and 

 February we generally have a spell of severe weather, and 

 it is during this that they visit us. In fact the severer the 

 weather the greater their numbers. In the early spring or 

 late winter of 1867 large numbers appeared. 



Scolopax Gallinula. ^ ^ 



Comaioii Snipe. 



A few of these birds visit us yearly, but very few, and 

 in rapidly decreasing numbers. 



They are occasionally to be seen in all our water 

 meadows, but are most plentiful at Swindon reservoir. 



Anas Boschas. 



Wild Buck, 



Small flocks of these birds are occasionally to be found 

 both at Ramsbury and at Swindon reservoir, but never in 

 any large numbers. One or two instances of their remain- 

 ing to breed with us have been reported. 



Mr. Smith says of one — " A nest of this bird was found 

 in 1857 in the low brushwood in Poulton Copse, at least 

 half-a-mile from any water." 



This closes the extremely short list of our winter visitors. 



