274 Peacock : Lines. Naturalists at Linwood Warren. 



We have to thank Mr. J. J. Baldwin Young- for this full list 

 of birds which he has personally noted while visiting in the 

 neighbourhood. 



The following" species are common or numerous: Missel and 

 Song- Thrushes, Redwing, Fieldfare, Blackbird, Robin, Greater 

 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Great, Blue, and Coal Tits, 

 Wren, Starling, Jackdaw, Carrion Crow, Hooded Crow, Rook, 

 Spotted Flycatcher, Swallow, Martin, Sand Martin, Greenfinch, 

 House and Tree Sparrows, Chaffinch, Linnet, Corn and Yellow 

 Buntings, Tree Pipit, Meadow Pipit (common on migration), 

 Skylark, Swift (common locally, several nest in Market Rasen), 

 Cuckoo, Ring and Stock Dove, Pheasant, Partridge, Red-legged 

 Partridge, Corncrake, Moorhen, Peewit, Common Snipe, Black- 

 headed Gull. The following notes were appended to the rarer 

 species : — Redstart, a few pairs annually. Lesser Whitethroat, 

 fairly numerous. Garden Warbler, pretty common. Sedge 

 Warbler, fairly common about Claxby. Grasshopper Warbler, 

 not common, but a few pairs about every year. Chiffchaff, fairly 

 common, but local. This may be said also of the Goldcrest 

 and Long-tailed Tit. Tree Creeper, not uncommon. Jay and 

 Magpie, fairly common too. Waxwing, occurs occasionally in 

 hard winters in the firwoods near Claxby. Goldfinch, a pair or 

 two at Claxby. Bullfinch, fairly common. Crossbill, occasion- 

 ally. Nightjar, fairly common on Winwood Warren. Great 

 Spotted Woodpecker, probably fairly common ; pairs in several 

 woods, as Claxby, Willingham. Green Woodpecker, rather 

 common. White Owl, rather local, not common about Claxby. 

 Long-eared Owl, tolerably common in fir woods. Short-eared 

 Owl, fairly common in October in stubbles according to the 

 Rev. C. Williamson, of Toft Newton. Tawny Owl, tolerably 

 common at Claxby. Sparrow Hawk and Kestrel, fairly common. 

 Heron, odd birds. Bittern, one killed at Usselby, nth January 

 1896. Wild Duck, pairs on becks. Wigeon seen in Claxby in 

 November and December 1894. Turtle Dove, fairly common. 

 Coot, the same, but local, near Holton. Woodcock, fairly 

 common. Jack Snipe, not common. 



For the observation of insects the day promised well — 

 warmth, abundant sunshine, and glades sheltered from the 

 somewhat bleak wind that prevailed on the Wold hills, afforded 

 conditions extremely favourable for the appearance of insects, 

 and plenty were to be seen. 



The butterflies included the Common Whites, the Orange 

 Tip, the Chequered Skipper, and, more abundant than the fore- 



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