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Hedge Sparrow. Accentor modularis (Linn.). Common. 

 I once found a nest with six eg"g"s in 1875. 



Dipper. Cinclus aquaticus Bech. My only note is the 

 specimen in the small David Hopkins' collection in his 

 daughter's house at Brigg. It was shot on Kettleby Beck 

 between 1845-50. Div. 3. 



Bearded Titmouse. Calamophilus hiarmicus (Linn.). Cor- 

 deaux ' never met with a Lincolnshire-killed specimen.' One 

 was shot on Brumby West Common, then an ideal place for 

 them, about 1840. When I saw the skin it was in the 

 collection of Mr. Moss, of Brumby Hall. The species is 

 not in Cordeaux, 1899. This must have been a slip, as 

 Cordeaux, 1872, shows. 



Long-tailed Titmouse. Acredula rosea (Blyth). Resident, 

 and generally distributed. In winter I have counted two 

 score birds in a flock. The nest is the most skilful and 

 beautiful native one we have, I consider. The mental 

 power shown in its construction cannot be imagined by 

 those who have not carefully studied this species. I have 

 known one take thirty-two days to build before an egg was 

 laid. The birds pack in winter nights for warmth. I saw 

 a number enter an old Magpie's nest, 15th February 1892. 

 ' Fairly common. It nests regularly in the woods at 

 Claxby.' 



Great Titmouse. Parus major Linn. Common, but hardly 

 abundant. Their nesting places are very varied. One 

 built in a pump in the Manor garden at Bottesford for many 

 years. It swore copiously when water was drawn, but did 

 not leave the nest, and always brought off its young. At 

 Cadney for many seasons a pair have built in a narrow, 

 upright iron pipe. How they move up and down I cannot 

 imagine. 



Coal Titmouse. Parus britannicus Sh'arpe & Dresser. Found 

 all over, but it cannot be called common. See Mr. F. M. 

 Burton's note, 'The Naturalist,' 1901, p. 191. It is most 

 interesting. The Rev. Walter Earle's specimen should be 

 submitted to the British Museum authorities. Our common 

 British form is not P. (iter Linn, of Continental writers. 

 In winter you meet with brighter and darker forms, perhaps 

 immigrants from Northern Europe. The Vicar says Mr. 

 Burton's bird is new to him, and may proVe a rare variety. 



Marsh Titmouse. Parus palustris Linn. Once fairly common, 

 but rare now, and naturally locally distributed. I ha\ e ne\ er 



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