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Tree Sparrow. — Has only twice been identified in the 

 garden, and does not appear to nest with us. 



Lesser Kedpoll. — A brood of young birds seen in the 

 garden were supposed to have been reared there ; nests and eggs 

 have been taken close at hand. 



Crossbill. — A small flock, about fourteen or fifteen; two 

 broods got together and probably reared at no great distance ; 

 visited an avenue of Scotch firs in August, 1894; and early in 

 July in the following year a flock of about the same size attacked 

 the ripe raspberries. 



Great Spotted Woodpecker. — Nests annually in Orcharcl- 

 leigh Park, about a mile distant, always selecting a lofty abele, 

 and excavating its nest in the trunk at a great height from the 

 ground. 



Stock Dove. — Has only once been seen. 



Brown-headed Gull. — One spring about half-a-dozen ap- 

 peared in the meadow before the house ; others were seen flying 

 about. They were probably a detachment from some gullery 

 questing about for a new breeding station. Small flocks have 

 been noted passing over at various times, one at the end of July 

 this present year. We are thirty miles from the Bristol Channel, 

 and about sixty from the nearest gullery near Wareham, in 

 Dorset. 



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