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Belvoir Castle. Another nest was formed in an ancient howitzer 
in the same grounds. 
Fam. Srrrip2. 
Sitta cesia, Wolf. Nuthatch.—Resident, locally distributed, 
and breeding; occurring, however, in well wooded districts, as, 
for example, at Garendon, Bradgate, Bosworth, Donington, and 
Croxton. I have found it as near Leicester as Knighton, and at 
Wistow and Kibworth it is fairly common. 
Fam. TRoGLODYTID2. 
Troglodytes parvulus, Koch. Wren.—Resident, and generally 
distributed. Building in all situations; holes in walls, in ivy, in 
banks; and the Leicester Museum possesses one built in an old 
hat found in a garden on the Hinckley Road in May, 1884. 
Fam. MoracinLip2. 
Motacilla alba, Linn. White Wagtail—No authentic note of 
the occurrence of this species in the county is extant, although 
Macaulay states (‘Midland Naturalist,’ 1881, p. 256) that “it 
comes and departs with Motacilla ravi, and has been more 
abundant of late years.” I wish now to correct the error made 
by him of confusing this bird with the Pied Wagtail in spring 
plumage. Mr. Harting, at p. 110 of ‘Our Summer Migrants,’ 
describes in a few words the specific differences between the 
common form and the rarer J/. alba, a species common enough 
on the Continent, and which I have repeatedly observed and 
shot in Spain and Greece. 
Motacilla lugubris, Temm. Pied Wagtail. — Resident, and 
commonly distributed. Its nest is commonly found on a stump 
of osier, and not unfrequently on the ground below at its base; 
also in piles of wood, stacks of coal, and large heaps of slate and 
stones. A pair of these birds nested this year in a stack of coal 
on Mr. Gulson’s wharf, Mill Lane, Leicester, and made determined 
attacks on the family cat, which was sometimes anxious to inspect 
the brood. 
Motacilla melanope, Pallas. Grey Wagtail (‘‘ Winter Wagtail.”) 
—A winter migrant, sparingly distributed, seldom making its 
appearance much before October. The Leicester Museum 
possesses one shot by Dr. W. M. Squires at Aylestone. Mr, G. H. 
