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writes :—This Section was very poorly attended, Mr. ‘Thos. Bunker 
being the only representative on Wednesday, and Messrs. Waite and 
Fortune on Thursday. The district investigated did not yield very 
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good results. Five specie M Is, 29 of Birds, and fou 
Amphibians were the only vertebrates recognised during the two 
days of the excursion. 1 all number of birds seen may easily 
most of them be moulting, and would consequently remain very 
quiet and unobtrusive. The absence of water in the part of the 
district visited accounts for the fact that no fish were seen 
r. Bunker, who was present at the Wednesday’s excursion and 
accompanied the mycologists, states that he saw or heard very few 
birds. ‘There were Swallows and Martins along the road ; Magpies 
were common ; and he was told that a Woodpecker had been heard, 
but the species was not known. He saw no game; and the only 
reptiles found were two toads. On Thursday, Mr. Waite visited 
Wadworth Wood, and fell in with a party of about a dozen Jays and a 
small flock of Long-tailed Tits. There were also a few Coal Tits and 
interest. After leaving the wood he called on the woodman 
(Mr. Clayton), who had two or three Dormice alive, which he had 
himself taken in Wadworth Wood. An old disused quarry was next 
visited, and yielded both the Crested and Smooth Newts, which 
were found under stones among the damp herbage; there was no 
visible water in the quarry. Wadworth Wood also supplied the Carrion 
Crow, Squirrel, and Weasel. The following is a complete list of the 
Vertebrates recorded :— 
Mammals, 
Mole. Dormouse. Weasel. Squirrel. Rabbit. 
Birds. 
Song Thrush. Martin. Magpie. 
Blackbird. Sand Martin. Jackdaw. 
Redbreast. Greenfinch. Crow. 
Hedge Accentor. Sparrow. Rook. 
Long-tailed Tit. Chaffinch Skylark. 
Great Tit. Linnet. Woodpecker (sp ?) 
Coal Tit. Lesser Redpoll. Ring Dove. 
Wrei Yellow Bunting Pheasant. 
Meadow tes Starling. Partridge. 
Swal Jay. 
Amphibians. 
_Great-Crested Newt Smooth Newt. Frog. Toad. 
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