1891. 
July 4
(No 6)
England.
Wells. - my glass and Toby's excellent Key List, the
first almost constantly at my eyes, the second open
in my hand, I however identified more or less
satisfactorily the following species:
Song Thrush, Blackbird, Robin, Hedge Sparrow, Lesser
White-throat, Garden Warbler, Great Tit, Blue Tit,
British Coal Tit, Wren, Spotted Flycatcher, Swallow,
House Martin, Green finch, House Sparrow, Chaffinch,
Starling, Jackdaw, Rook, Swift and Moorhen or
Gallinule; in all 25 species, a large number, surely,
for such a time and place.
  The Warblers were especially numerous. I find
them a most [?] group to work out by
the aid of a glass only. They are also very
similar in size, shape, color and motions and 
they are so active, restless and retiring that it
is almost impossible to get a plain view of them.
The Chiffchaffs and Willow Warblers sang a little
late in the afternoon and I heard a third Warbler
song new to me which I attributed to the Garden
Warbler. It made no distinct impression but as
I recall it was much inferior to the song of the
Willow Warbler although of the same general character.
  Their Garden Warbler's chirp is a plaintive peep
of much the same quality or town as the pee-e
of our Emp. flaviventris.  A Lesser White-throat with
young uttered hard, dry ptep, ptep and also
a scolding tchay.
  The Cole Tit closely resembles our Carolina Titmouse.
All the British Tits that I have seen utter a