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to get in and out. In ,tlie case of these ne.stmg sites it i,^ 
necessary to put them up in the autumn as the birds like to, 
roost in them during the winter. No Tree Creeper has nested 
with me until the bark has been up during the winter months. 
During the five months, March to the end of July, it will be 
seen that 822 birds have been " marked." 
Blue Tit 162 
Song Thrush 114 
Blackbird 99 
Hedge Sparrow 39 
Lapwing 38 
Chaffinch 38 
Robin 30 
Linnet . . 
Nuthatch 
10 Swallow 
20 
19 
15 
Garden Warbler 14 
Spotted Flycatcher .. 14 
Great Tit 13 
Willow Wren 13 
15 Meadow Pipit 12 
Longtail Tit 12 
Greenfinch 12 
Common Quail 10 
Cole Tit 10 
20 House Sparrow 10 
Common Wren 
Teal 
Wood Pigeon 
Marsh Tit ... 
10 
10 
10 
9 
25 Skylark 
Wild Duck 
Starling 
Mistle Thrush 
Nightingale 
30 Whitethroat .... 
Shelduck 
Blackcap 
Goldfinch 
Eedshank 
35 Turtle Dove .. 
Reed Warbler 
Moorhen 
Tree Creeper .. 
Swift 
40 Yellowhammer 
Nightjar 
Partridge 
Pheasant 
Hawfinch 
45 Redstart 
lowing : — 
Almost all young birds I find, I mark, except the fol- 
Gold-crested Wrens, which are too small. 
Tree Creepers: I marked two but not any more, al- 
though two pairs brought up families behind pieces 
of bark nailed up as shown in the photograph by 
Mr. Willford taken in my garden. 
Dartford Warblers, which certainly do not migrate, but 
geem to live in the same bush jalways. 
