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Wren nests in similar localities, chiefly in the southern 

 counties. Golden-crested Wren, our smallest bird ; it hangs 

 its nest usually on the bough of a spruce. The Dipper, or 

 Water-Ouzel, nests in the neighbourhood of mountain torrents. 

 Bearded Titmouse, Great Titmouse, Coal Titmouse, Marsh 

 Titmouse (the only Tit that lines its nest with willow down), 

 Blue Titmouse, Crested Titmouse (in Great Britain breeding 

 only in certain pine forests in Scotland), Nuthatch, Wren, 

 Tree Creeper, Pied Wagtail, Grey Wagtail, Yellow Wagtail, 

 Meadow Pipit, Rock Pipit (nests on rocky sea-coasts), Green- 

 finch, Siskin (breeds for the most part in northern fir woods), 

 House Sparrow, Tree Sparrow (may be known from the 

 House Sparrow by the white collar almost surrounding the 

 neck and the chestnut-brown head ; House Sparrows often 

 nest in trees near houses, the Tree Sparrow is a shyer bird, 

 seldom found near houses), Chaffinch, Linnet, Bullfinch. 

 Yellowhammer, Starling, Chough (sea-cliffs in Cornwall, 

 Devon, Channel Islands, Lundy Isle, and West Wales), 

 Magpie, Carrion Crow, Skylark, White or Barn Owl, Marsh 

 Harrier, Common Buzzard (forests in the mountains of the 

 West, Wales, and Scotland), Golden Eagle (Highlands and 

 Western Islands of Scotland only), White-tailed or Sea Eagle 

 (Irish coast and some Scottish islands), Peregrine Falcon (sea 

 cliffs), Merlin (chiefly on northern moors), Kestrel, Common 

 Cormorant, Shag, Mute Swan, Sheld Duck, Wild Duck, 

 Water Rail, Coot, Lapwing or Peewit, Common Snipe, Red- 

 shank, Curlew, Black-headed Gull, and Common Gull. 



For the following notes on Entomology in April we are 

 indebted to Mr. F. Oldaker, the Honorary Secretary to the' 

 Haslemere Natural History Society. 



If the weather is at all propitious, the work of the ento- 

 mologist begins in earnest this month. The hibernating 

 butterflies have already been coming out on warm sunny days 

 for some time past, but one may now reasonably expect to 

 find them depositing their ova. And the spring broods of 



