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BIRDS OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND. 
In Kutland. — Resident and common. — Mr. Horn writes that, in 1886, he 
found a nest containing a Cuckoo’s egg. 
ALPINE ACCENTt)R. Accentor coUaris (Scopoli). 
This more-than-rare bird is, I believe, credited to Rutland — but ! 
Family CINCLID^. 
DIPPER. Ginclus aqucUicns, Bechstein. 
“ Water-Ouzel.” 
Formerly resident, but now very rare. — Mr. Babington wrote (Appendix 
‘ Potter,’ p. 66) : — “ Seen in the shallow pools of the rocky rivulet which 
runs from Kite-hill to the Reservoir, when the Forest began to be inclosed.” 
According to Harley, it occurred on the brook which flows down from the 
Forest of Charnwood by way of Gracedieu Priory, and was also observed by 
him on the brook which rises near Copt Oak and flows by Belton and 
Sheepshed, and into the Soar. Adams shot an example (in Harley’s time) 
on the stream which passes through Bradgate Park. Mr. Macaulay writes 
(‘IMid. Nat.,’ 1882, p. 63); — ‘‘One was shot some years ago out of a brook 
near Noseley, and is now in Sir A. Hazlerigg’s collection.” I purchased 
for the Museum a specimen said to have been shot near Syston or Queni- 
borough about 1880, and the keeper of Thornton Reservoir told me that he 
had procured specimens there more than once during the past few years. 
In Rutland. — Mr. Horn writes : — “ No authentic report ; one is said to 
have been seen in the Welland Valley, and it is reported from Thorpe-by- Water 
by Mr. Thomas Northen ; there is no record of date.” 
Family PANUEID.^. 
BEARDED TITMOUSE. Panurus biarmicus (Linnaeus). 
“ Reedling,” “ Reed-Pheasant.” 
Formerly occurring, but now rare. — In October, 1885, I purchased from 
Elkington a pair of these birds, which he assured me were shot by T. Freer, 
some ten or twelve years before, at the “ back-water,” Bede House Meadows, 
Leicester; and on 3rd Dec., 1885, I succeeded in finding Freer, now a very 
old man, living in a house next the “ Black Horse ” at Aylestone, and he 
remembered the circumstance perfectly, telling me that there were six or 
seven birds in the flock, to which he was attracted by their peculiar note 
— a piping warble, — and that he shot three, one of them very badly. TJiis 
