Tree Sparrow.—Has only twice been identified in the garden, and does not appear to nest with us.
Lesser Redpoll.—A brood of young birds seen in the garden were supposed to have been reared there; nests and eggs have been taken close at hand.
Crossbill.—A small flock, about fourteen or fifteen; two broods got together and probably reared at no great distance; visited an avenue of Scotch firs in August, 1894; and early in July in the following year a flock of about the same size attacked the ripe raspberries.
Great Spotted Woodpecker.—Nests annually in Orchardleigh Park, about a mile distant, always selecting a lofty abele, and excavating its nest in the trunk at a great height from the ground.
Stock Dove.—Has only once been seen.
Brown-headed Gull.—One spring about half-a-dozen appeared in the meadow before the house; others were seen flying about. They were probably a detachment from some gullery questing about for a new breeding station. Small flocks have been noted passing over at various times, one at the end of July this present year. We are thirty miles from the Bristol Channel, and about sixty from the nearest gullery near Wareham, in Dorset.
