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looking for them, four nests of this hird within about three- 

 quarters of a mile of country, in 1883. Earliest recorded 

 appearance, April 18, 1871. 



Garden Warbler, S. salicaria, L. — A summer visitor, but much 

 less abundant than the last, of which half-a-dozen examples may 

 be met with to ever3'one of this. Earliest record, April S7, 1870. 



Golden-crest, Regulus cr'istatus, Koch. — A resident, breeding 

 not uncommonly. Its numbers are greatly increased during the 

 winter, when fir-woods sometimes appear almost alive with these 

 birds. 



Chiffchaff, Phylloscojms collyhita, Vieill. — A summer visitor, 

 but in small numbers, and very local in its distribution. A pair 

 or two are invariably seen in two small woods up the burn, 

 belonging to Mr. Henry Straker, where they may be counted 

 upon with certainty at the proper season ; elsewhere they are 

 sedom noticed. 



Willow Wren, P. trochilus, L. — The most abundant summer 

 visitant. Earliest records, April 8, 1877; April 12, 18G9, 1872, 

 and 1874. In song, usually, about a week after its arrival, but 

 this depends partly on the state of the weather. 



Wood Wren, P. sibilatrix, Bechst. — A summer visitor, nowhere 

 commoner than near Kiding Mill, where it occurs in every wood 

 (except those consisting of Scotch fir) where the trees are pretty 

 tall, though it prefers those with little undergrowth. I found 

 four nests in one morning late in May, 1883, in one wood, by 

 watching the birds go to the nests. Earliest record, April 3, 1876, 

 but this is unusually early, and the bird is very seldom seen before 

 the middle of that month. 



Sedge Warbler, Acrocephalns schoenohcsnus, L. — A summer 

 migrant, common enough by the Tyne, but not often seen else- 

 where. Earliest records, April 24, 1871 and 1877. 



Grasshopper Warbler, Locustella ncev'ia, Bodd. — A summer 

 visitor, local in distribution. On Broomley Fell it is very 

 common amongst young fir-growth planted amongst heather; 

 here it is by no means uncommon to hear four or five singing 

 at the same time. 



Hedgesparrow, Accentor modular is, Ij. — Resident and common. 



Long-tailed Titmouse, Acredula rosea, Blyth.— A common 

 resident. As it is a sociable bird in general, so it appears to be 

 in the breeding season also. I have noticed that if you find a 



