22 Brogden : Birds of Spalding and S. Lines. Fenland. 



Corvus corone L. Carrion-Crow. To be found throughout 

 the district breeding - regularly, and appears annually to 

 increase in numbers. 



Corvus cornix L. Hooded Crow. Also found throughout 

 the district in considerable numbers during- the winter ; 

 occasionally breeds. 



Alauda arvensis L. Sky Lark. Very numerous everywhere, 

 and breeds regularly. 



Otocorys alpestris (L.). Shore Lark. Occurs in winter on 

 the coast portion' of the district in severe weather. Can 

 easily be identified on the wing by the conspicuous white- 

 ness of the axillary feather. 



Cypselus apus (L.). Swift. Numerous, particularly about the 

 larger towns and villages. 



Caprimulgus europaeus (L.). Nightjar. An occasional 

 autumnal visitor ; does not breed. 



lynx torquilla L. Wryneck. Breeds annually in several 

 portions of the district, notably Whaplode and Spalding. 



Gecinus viridis (L.). Green Woodpecker. A casual visitor, 

 except in the neighbourhood of Spalding, where it occasion- 

 ally breeds. My specimen I got in Spalding Marsh. 



Dendrocopus major (L.). Great Spotted Woodpecker. 



The same may be said of this as the preceding. 



Dendrocopus minor (L.). Lesser Spotted Woodpecker. 



Breeds annually in small numbers in the neighbourhood of 

 Spalding. 



Alcedo ispida L. Kingfisher. To be found in small, but in 

 late years in increasing, numbers ; breeds. 



Cuculus canorus L. Cuckoo. Annual visitor, particularly 

 numerous in 1896. I have found the eggs in the nests of 

 Meadow Pipits, Yellow Buntings, Pied Wagtails, and 

 Sedge and Reed Warblers; in the two latter the nests were 

 not twenty yards apart round the same pond. All the eggs 

 resembled one another, a greyish brown, not unlike a- Sky- 

 Lark, only not quite so large or pointed at the narrow end. 

 During the week ending 31st August 1896 I have seen 

 several young ones. 



Strix flammea L. Barn Owl. Common, particularly round 

 Spalding, where it has several favourite breeding places ; 

 also at Weston, Whaplode, and many other. Would be 



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