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THE NATURALIST. 



No. Date, 1866 



51 



5) 



^2 „ „ 

 53 to 68 15, 



69 to 70 29, 



Sex. 



Male 

 Male 



Locality. 



No. of 



Wax-tips 

 on wings. 



Remarks. 



71 

 72 

 73 



5> 



7i 



doJ 

 Xear Wells 



Fresingland 



do. 5.6 Return of margins on 



tips of primaries. 



5.4 



A flock seen. Sixteen 

 birds counted on one 

 tree, about a dozen of 

 wbicb were sbot. 



Two shot by Mr. Rush. 

 Recorded in People's 

 Weekly Journal. 



22, Yarmouth 5.5 



„ Female St. Faith's 4.4 



24, Male Rainthorpe 8.7 The eighth wax-tips on 



fromer wing very 

 slight. Return of mar- 

 gins on tips of pri- 

 maries. That part of 

 the quill passing 

 through yellow border 

 of tail, tinged with 

 red. 



74 Briston 8.7 Shot by Rev. C. ISTorris, 



and recorded in Peo- 

 ple's Weekly Journal. 



It will be seen by these reports that examples have been seen or cap- 

 tured in no less than thirty-six different localities, thus shewing the wide 

 distribution of these persecuted little strangers in this county. 



I had the pleasure of observing a flock of about a dozen birds on the 

 2nd of December, at Swardestone, which is about three miles distant from 

 Korwich ; they were perched on the hedge and the branches of a tree that 

 adjoined the roadside, and were contentedly regaling themselves with the 

 berries the hedge produced, or pruning and ^dressing their plumage. I took 

 up a good position, and was much interested in watching their actions, 

 ■unfortunately my pleasuse was of short duration ; the noise of an approaching 

 vehicle quickly dispersing these interesting objects. When watching or listen- 

 ing they sit very npright with the crest slightly raised, and silently moving 

 the head on either side ; if startled by a noise, or approaching danger, the 

 crest is raised to the fullest extent and spreading their wings they take flight] 

 when pecking their food, the crest is but partly raised, the body curved as in 

 the manner of the Paridoi, or Titmice, which they much resemble in their 



