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worms, as I have found from examining many of the so-called 

 " larders." 



Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola) . — Common all along 

 the river during summer, nesting in niches in old willow-trees. 

 The nest is commenced almost immediately upon the bird's 

 arrival. After rain-showers the Spotted Flycatcher often comes 

 down on to the ground and walks about. 



Swallow {Hirundo rustica). — Common. 



Martin (Chelidon urbica). — Common. 



Sand-Martin (Cotile riparia). — There is no nesting colony 

 within several miles of our part of the river, yet the birds fly to 

 the stream every day, and are always in greater numbers in 

 gusty and windy weather. Then they fly low down over the 

 water just clear of the waves. In the upper reaches of the 

 Thames the bird commonly nests in the banks of the river itself. 



Greenfinch {Ligurinus chloris). — Common. Another of the 

 birds that are partial to sunflower seeds. 



Hawfinch (Coccothraustes vulgaris). — Still rare, but un- 

 doubtedly slightly on the increase. In Windsor Forest it breeds 

 annually. 



Goldfinch (Carduelis elegans). — Exceedingly scarce. I have 

 had reports of the bird at Staines, but the only times I have 

 personally seen it were on two occasions in Windsor Forest last 

 spring (1905). 



(To be continued.) 



