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BARTFORD WARBLER. Melizophilus Provincialis. Jen- 

 yns, p. 112. Bewick's Br. B., vol. 1, p. 216. Local, and 

 very uncertain in its haunts. 



* GOLD CRESTED WREN. Regulm Aurocapillus. Jen- 



yns, p. 113. Bewick's Br. B., vol. 1, p. 235. Common. 

 The Fire Crested Wren, which has been confounded with 

 this, has also been reported to me, but I have not examined 

 a Cornish Specimen. 



WAGTAILS. 



* PIED WAGTAIL. Motacilla Alba. Jenyns, p. 114. 

 Bewick's Br. B., vol. 1, p. 204. Dishwasher. (M. Yar- 

 relli, of Gould, who has pronounced it to be different from 

 the M. Alba of Linneus. Loudon's Mag. Nat. Hist., 1837, 

 p. 459.) Common, without changing its quarters according 

 to the seasons, as in the North of England. 



* GREY WAGTAIL. M. Boarnla. Jenyns, p. 115. Be- 



wick's Br. B., vol. 1, p. 206. Chiefly a Winter Visitor, but 

 some remain to breed ; for which purpose they quit the Sea 

 Shore, and resort to the neighbourhood of our smaller 

 streams. 



* YELLOW WAGTAIL. M.Flava. Jenyns, p. 115. Be- 



wick's Br. B., vol. 1, p. 207. Rarer than either of the for- 

 mer, and in Autumn and Winter only. 



LARKS. 



*TITLARK. Anthus Pratensis. Jenyns, p. 117. Bewick's 

 Br. B., vol. 1, p. 201. Common, but changing its quarters* 

 It is much subdued by Cold in Winter. 

 *TREELARK. A.Arboreus. Jenyns, p. 118. Bewick's Br. 



B., vol. 1, Sup. p. 28. In Summer. 

 SHORE LARK. A. Petrosus. Jenyns, p. 118. Bewick's 

 Br. B., vol. 1, Sup., p. 26. Fieldlark. Common and 

 abundant at all Seasons; but numbers, in small flocks, 

 are seen by Fishermen crossing the Channel from France, 

 in Spring. 

 'SKYLARK. Alauda Arvensis. Jenyns, p. 127. Bewick's 

 Br. B., vol. 1, p. 195. Abundant, but increasing in num- 

 bers in Cold Winters. 



The following incident is deserving of being recorded, as 

 an illustration of the Natural History of this Bird : on the 

 29th of October, 1835, as my informant and another indivi- 

 dual were standing in conversation in a field, and within three 

 or four feet of each other, their attention was attracted to a 

 Kestril in active pursuit of a Lark, on which it had made 

 some unsuccessful pounces. They hollood loudly, with the 

 hope of scaring away the Hawk, but in vain ; their shouts 

 however had the effect of causing the Lark to fly towards them* 



