66 
ILLUSTRATIONS OF 
enucleator, the hedge bunting, Emheriza cirlus, the 
snow bunting, E. nivalis, the grosbeak, Coccothraus- 
tes vulgaris,^ the mountain finch, Fringilla mon- 
tifringilla,^ the Cornish chough, Pyrrhocorax gra- 
culus,^ the hoopoe, Upupa epops, and the great black 
woodpecker, Picas martins. 
The Dartford warbler, Curruca provincialise occurs 
at Spring Hill, Broadway, but is unknown or very 
rarely seen in other parts of the county. The 
thrushes, Turdus viscivorus, T. musicus, and T. merula, 
are common, and in the winter season large flocks of 
the redwing, T, iUacuSy and fieldfare, T. pilaris, 
spread over the country. The stonechat, Saxicola 
ruhicola, inhabits the wild heathy spots that yet 
remain, and the diminutive but beautiful golden 
crowned wren, Regulus cristatus, is not uncommon 
in our shrubberies, approaching close to the towns in 
the winter season, and braving the severest weather. 
the country, and seem peculiarly to delight in pine plantations. Here they feed on 
the cones of the pines, while a centinel overlooking the scene from the top of a tree 
gives due notice of the approach of an enemy, clucking like a hen with chickens. 
The crossbills used to be visitants at Cotheridge, particularly haunting a Weymouth 
pine there, but from the information of Mr. Walcot, who kindly instituted an 
inquiry, the crossbills have not been seen there since 1821. Old writers on 
Natural History accuse them of visiting Worcestershire and Herefordshire in large 
flocks for the sake of the kernels of the apple, and by piercing the pulpy fruit with 
their curved bills to obtain them, doing great mischief in orchards. In the present 
day, however, the farmers have no cause of complaint on this account. 
* Large flocks of these birds were seen near Captain Patrick's, at Crow's Nest, 
in the autumn of 1833, and in other parts of the county. 
2 The mountain finch is met with during the winter season in small flocks. 
2 This rare bird was killed at Lindridge, in November 1826. It was perched on 
the summit of a building adjacent to Sir C, Smith's, where it was probably resting 
after a long flight. 
