202 Peacock: The Birds of North- West Lindsey. 



Blackcap. Sylvia atricapilla (Linn.). Very local indeed. 

 I have only taken the nest in the School Plantation, Bottes- 

 ford. Mr. Burton says of Gainsborough, ' A pair in my 

 garden usually.' 



Oarden-Warbler. Sylvia hortensis (Bech.). Fairly common 

 throughout the country. It nests in the Manor garden, 

 Bottesford. 



Qolden-crested Wren. Regulus cristatus K.L.Koch. Is 

 found in all our plantations in the winter. Large flocks 

 come to us in the autumn and break up into parties, 

 perhaps family ones, of ten to twenty birds. Turning and 

 hanging in every position they may be seen stripping' the 

 fir branches of minute insect life. I have personally never 

 found a nest, but am perfectly sure it breeds with us, as 

 I have seen old and young birds together. It has nested 

 in the Decoy Wood, Ashby, and ' once in South Kelsey 

 Rectory garden.' 4 Fairly common in the old fir woods 

 about Rasen.' 



Fire-crested Wren. Regulus ignicapillus (C.L.Brehm). Is 

 a very rare autumn migrant. The 'fire-crested' old males 

 of the Gold-crest are frequently mistaken for this species. 

 I have done so myself. 



Chlffchaff. Phylloscopus rufus (Bech.). Comes to Bottes- 

 ford and North- West Lindsey, but is a fairly rare species. 

 It is found more frequently about Gainsborough. 4 Fairly 

 common, but local, about Rasen. More numerous at Lin- 

 wood than anywhere else I know,' Mr. Young says. 



WiiSow Wren. Phylloscopus trochilus (Linn.). Very 

 common. I once took fourteen eggs out of a nest. 



Wood Wren. Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bech.). Is a very 

 rare species at Bottesford, and even in the Manby Wood- 

 lands. Mr. Burton says, ' A few about Gainsborough.' 



Reed Warbler. Acrocephalus streperus (Vieill.). Not at all 

 uncommon in suitable localities. Divs. 2, 3, 5. 



Sedge Warbler. Acrocephalus phragmitis (Bech.). Common 

 and nests in the low lands of Bottesford and elsewhere. 



<3rasshopper Warbler. Locustella nsevia (Bodd.). Is a 

 most uncertain species, but is generally to be heard in hot 

 and dry seasons. It was unusually common in 1872 and 

 1873. Not heard from 1887 to 1890. I have never seen the 

 nest. Mr. Young writes, ' Not common, and not constant 

 to particular localities, but a few pairs about every year in 

 the Market Rasen district.' 



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