THE FAUNISTIC POSITION OF SPECIES. 



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species are reported_, Avith some probability, to have formerly bred 

 in the county, viz. : — Wryneck, White-tailed Eagle, Kite, Osprey, 

 Little Bittern, and Golden Plover. 



The Resident Birds are eighty-four in number : — 



Mistle-Thrush. 



Song-Thrusli. 



Blackbird. 



Stonecbat. 



Redbreast. 



Dartford Warbler (ex- 

 tinct ?). 



Goldcrest. 



Hedge-Sparrow. 



Dipper. 



British Long-tailed Tit- 

 mouse. 



Great Titmouse. 



British Coal Titmouse. 



Marsh-Titmouse. 



Blue Titmouse. 



Nuthatch. 



Wren. 



Pied Wagtail. 



Grey Wagtail. 



Meadow-Pipit. 



Kock-Pipit. 



Tree-Creeper. 



Goldfinch. 



Greenfinch. 



House-Sparrow. 



Chaffinch. 



Linnet. 



Bullfinch. 



Com-Buntino'. 



Yellow Hammer. 



Cirl Bunting. 



Reed-Bunting. 



Starling. 



Chough. 



Jay. 



Magpie. 



Jackdaw. 



Carrion-Crow. 



Rook. 



Raven. 



Sky-Lai"k. 



Wood-Lark. 



Great Spotted Wood- 

 pecker. 



Lesser Spotted Wood- 

 pecker. 



Green Woodpecker. 



Kingfisher. 



Barn-Owl. 



Tawny Owl. 



Buzzard. 



Sparrow-Hawk. 



Peregrine. 



Kestrel. 



Cormorant. 



Shag. 



Gannet. 



Heron. 



Common Sheldrake. 



Wild Duck. 



Teal. 



Ring-Dove. 



Stock-Dove. 



Rock-Dove (?). 



Partridge. 



Black Grouse. 



Water-Rail. 



Moor-hen. 



Coot. 



Ringed Plover. 



Lapwing. 



Oyster-catcher. 



Common Snipe. 



W^oodcock. 



Dunlin (?). 



Green Sandpiper (?). 



Curlew. 



Kittiwake. 



Herring-Gull. 



Lesser Black-backed 



Gull. 

 Greater Black-backed 



Gull. 

 Storm-Petrel. 

 Manx Shearwater. 

 Little Grebe. 

 Razorbill. 



Common Guillemot. 

 Puffin. 



Amongst the above eighty-four Resident Bihds the following 

 species may be particularly noticed : — 



The Dartford Warbler is, or was, resident in Devonshire as 

 M'ell as in Cornwall and Dorset, but docs not appear to be found 

 in Somerset. We have not heard of the occurrence of any speci- 

 mens since 1877, and we mucli fear this interesting bird has 

 become extinct iu the county, as it is said to be in Dorset, owing 



