9800 Birds. 



Creeper. — Very common in all the orchards and plantations. 



Nuthatch. — Not quite so common as the last, but still by no means 

 rare in the same localities. 



Cuckoo. — Tolerably common. The earliest note I have of their 

 appearance is the 14lh of April. 



Khififisher. — 1 am glad to say this beautiful bird is tolerably com- 

 mon near the brook, though not so common as the water ouzel. 



Swallow. — Very numerous. For the last three years I have noted 

 their appearauce here on the same day of the year, the ISth of 

 April. 



Martin. — Nearly as numerous as the swallow, but by no means so 

 regular in their appearance, my notes varying from the 23rd to the 

 29lh of April. 



Sand Mart'm. — Not quite so common as the two last. The earliest 

 note I have of their appearauce is the 20th of A]:)ril ; this year they 

 were very late, for though I was watching for them I did not see any 

 till the 2nd of May. 



Swift. — Also very common. The earliest note I have of their 

 appearance is the 28th of April. 



Ring Dove or Wood Pigeon. — Very common; in fact, rather 

 too much so, as they are undoubtedly very mischievous, both to 

 com and turnips, and that without the compensating good done 

 by rooks and most other birds. I found a wood pigeon's nest, 

 with young birds nearly ready to fly, last year, as late as the Uth 

 of October, and I see there is one still later mentioned in the 

 'Zoologist' (Zool. 9361). 



Stock Dove. — Rather rare. I have one in my collection, which was 

 shot by my keeper while roosting in a wood pigeon's nest. I also 

 have one in my aviary, which was picked up wounded, but has now 

 quite recovered and is tolerably tame. 



Turtle Dove. — Not sufficiently common for me to have noted with 

 much accuracy the time of its arrival or departure; there are, however, 

 a few nests of these birds here every year. 



Pheasant. — Pretty common, there being one or two rather strict 

 game-preservers in the neighbourhood. 



Black Grouse. — A few in that part of the parish which runs up ou 

 the Quantoch Hills. 



Pariridye. — Generally common all over the parish. 



Golden Plover. — An occasional winter visitor. Last winter there 

 were considerable flocks of them in the water-meadows, where they 

 remained till late in the spring, indeed as late as the 30th of March, 



