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BIRDS OF SPALDING 

 AND THE SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE FENLAND. 



The Late T. J. H. BROGDEN, 



Spalding. 



Arranged from his Manuscripts by John CORDEAUX. 



This list of the Birds of the South Lincolnshire Fenland is from 

 notes supplied by the late Mr. Brogden for the Lincolnshire 

 Naturalists' Union, of which he was a member. As Secretary 

 to the Vertebrate Zoology Section, my task has been to tran- 

 scribe, arrange in order, and add the scientific nomenclature. 



In the preface to his notebook Mr. Brogden writes: — ' This 

 is a rough list of the avifauna of the 18th Division (Spalding and 

 Holbeach) of the Natural History Map of Lincolnshire [Rev. E. 

 Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock] which have come under my notice 

 during the last few years [1886-1896], with remarks thereon.' 



In the catalogue of Mr. Brogden's sale his collection of eggs 

 is spoken of ' as one of the finest collections of British birds' 

 eggs ever collected in the British Isles by an amateur, including 

 about 236 varieties.' John Cordeaux. 



Turdus viscivorus Linnaeus. Mistletoe-Thrush. Generally- 

 distributed, breeding early; appears to have considerably 

 decreased in numbers of late years. 

 Turdus musicus L. Song-Thrush. Found in the spring, 



breeding everywhere in the district. 

 Turdus iliacus L. Redwing. Perhaps more numerous than 

 the Fieldfare during the winter. Appears to have a habit 

 of migrating at night, particularly on stormy nights, when 

 numbers may be heard passing overhead uttering their 

 peculiarly screechy call, probably to keep the flock together. 

 Numbers perished during the severe weather of January and 

 February 1895. I have a cream-coloured specimen, shot in 

 November 1887 in the parish of Whaplode. 

 Turdus pilaris L. Fieldfare. A very plentiful winter im- 

 migrant. 



Turdus merula L. Blackbird. Common, breeding generally 

 in every parish. 



Turdus torquatus L. Ring-Ouzel. A straggling spring and 

 autumnal visitor, very seldom breeding here. 1 had several 

 in my garden in Spalding in the autumn of E894 feeding on 

 the mountain ash berries. 



1900 January 3. B 



