NATURAL HISTORY. 
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Buteo vulgaris^ and sparrow-hawk, B. nisus, are not 
of uncommon occurrence ; but the kite, Milvus 
vulgaris, and osprey, Balbusardus Halicjetus, but 
very rarely occur.^ The long and short-horned 
owls, Otus vulgaris, and O. hrachyotus, the barn 
owl, Aluco flammeus, and the ivy owl, Strix stridula, 
are met with in various parts of the county ; the 
S, passerina, is found at Fladbury, and the very rare 
little horned owl. Scops aldrovandiy has been taken at 
the latter place. ^ 
The cinereous shrike, Lanius excuhitor, appears 
occasionally in the wilder parts of the county, and 
the woodchat, L. rufus, is stated by Mrs. Perrot to 
appear in the neighbourhood of Evesham. The pied 
flycatcher, Muscicapa atricapilla, is an inhabitant of 
the woods near Eardiston. The undermentioned 
are all of unfrequent occurrence ; — the Bohemian 
chatterer, Bomby cilia garrula, the ring ouzel, Turdus 
torquatus^ the dipper, Cinclus aquaticus, the cross- 
bill, Loxia curvirostra^ the pine grosbeak, Corythus 
^ According to Mrs. Charlotte L. E. Perrot, a lady who has forwarded many- 
valuable communications to the Society, this bird was once seen flying over the 
river Teme. 
2 Mrs. Perrot says that this bird was brought alive to her residence, the Chantry, 
Fladbury, but unfortunately made its escape from the basket where it was 
confined. 
3 The ring ouzel does not breed in Worcestershire, and is only met with for a 
fortnight, in the autumnal season, at Malvern, which it uses as a place of refresh- 
ment in its route to more southern quarters. The berries of the mountain ash 
attract it to Malvern, and the trees are filled with the birds for a few mornings till 
the supply is exhausted. 
^ The crossbill appears at very uncertain intervals. When it does make its 
appearance, it is generally in flocks of from 20 to 30, which spread themselves over 
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