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THE FAUXISTIC POSITION OF SPECIES. 



The Winter Visitors Dumber thirty -nine : — 



Redwing. 



Fieldfare. 



Black Redstart. 



Great Grey Sbrike. 



Siskiu. 



Hawfinch (B.). 



Brambling. 



Lesser Redpoll (B,). 



Snow-Bunting. 



Long-eared Owl (B. 



Short-eared Owl. 



Merlin (B.). 



Bittern. 



White-fronted Goose. 



Brent Goose. 



Wigeon. 



Pintail. 



Shoveller. 



Tufted Duck (B.). 



Scaup. 



Pochard. 



Golden-eye. 



Long-tailed Duck. 



Common Scoter. 



Goosander. 



Red-breasted Merg-anser. 



Smew. 



Golden Plover (B. f). 

 Grey Plover. 

 Jack Snipe. 

 Purple Sandpiper. 

 Sanderling. 

 Common Gull. 

 Black-headed Gull. 

 Great Northern Diver. 

 Red-throated Diver. 

 Great Crested Grebe. 

 Sclavonian Grebe. 

 Greater Shearwater. 



The Black Redstart is met with in winter all along the southern 

 coast of the county, but most numerously between Teignmouth and 

 Plymouth. It has been obtained occasionally also in North Devon. 

 The Great Grey Shrike has occurred often enough to be placed in 

 the list of winter visitors. The Siskin, Hawfinch, Brambling, 

 Lesser Redpoll, and Snow-Bunting are of irregular appearance, 

 none being seen in some winters, whilst in others they are more or 

 less abundant. The Hawfinch has bred near Kingsbridge, and the 

 Lesser Redpoll is believed to have done so in North Devon. The 

 Brambling has occurred in July in N. Devon, and is reported to 

 have bred at Topsham, but probably in captivity. The Long- 

 eared Owl has been known to breed, but is usually a winter visitor 

 to Devon. The Merlin has been seen in summer, and is said to 

 have bred. The Golden Plover is sometimes seen late in the 

 spring with black breast, and is said to have formerly bred on 

 Dartmoor. The Tufted Duck probably breeds occasionally on 

 Slapton and Torcross Leys and also near Barnstaple. The San- 

 derling used to appear on the Exe estuary in large flocks in winter, 

 but does not seem to be so plentiful elsewhere. The Bittern, 

 White-fronted Goose, Pintail, Shoveller, Tufted Duck, Pochard, 

 Golden-eye, Long-tailed Duck, Goosander, Smew, Great Crested 

 Grebe, and Sclavonian Grebe usually occur in small numbers only. 

 Some of them are, however, occasionally numerous in severe Avinters, 

 large flocks of Shovellers and of Tufted Ducks being sometimes 

 seen. The Scaup and Common Scoter occur in large flocks in 

 autumn. The Greater Shearwater comes to us from the Atlantic 

 Ocean, being occasionally seen in great numbers in the Channel. 



