“And now is Mirthe therein, to here The birdes how they singen clere, The manis and the nightingale, And other jollie birdes smale.”
THE NAMES AND ARRANGEMENT ARE THOSE OF BEWICK.
Falco Buteo, Buzzard, Haughmond Hill; Grinshill; Wrekin. — Milvus, Kite, Bomere Pool. — cyaneus, Hen Harrier, meadows about Berwick. — Pygargus, Ringtail, Westfelton Moors. — Tinnunculus, Kestrel, Shrewsbury; Wrekin. — Nisus, Sparrow-hawk, near Castle Foregate; Old Heath. Strix Otus, Long-eared Owl, Westfelton, but rarely. — flammea, Yellow Owl, meadows;—Shrewsbury. — stridula, Tawny Owl, very common. Lanius Excubitor, Ash-coloured Shrike, Babin’s Wood, near Whittington. — Collurio, Red-backed Shrike, Wolf’s Head; Shottaton; Lowe Bank. Corvus Corax, Raven, Wrekin; Aston. — Corone, Crow, every where. — Cornix, Hooded Crow, Weston Lullingfield. — frugilegus, Rook, common;—Whittington Castle. — Monedula, Jack-daw, common;—Nesscliffe. — Pica, Magpie, common. — glandarius, Jay, Almond Park; Berwick. Ampelis Garrulus, Chatterer, nr. Oswestry, occasionally. Sturnus vulgaris, Starling, common; Westfelton. Turdus viscivorus, Missel Thrush, Shrewsbury Castle. — musicus, Throstle, common. — pilaris, Fieldfare, common. — iliacus, Redwing, common. — Merula, Blackbird, common. — torquatus, Ring Ouzel, Breidden Mountains. Cuculus canorus, Cuckoo, common:—Fairyland, Westfelton. Yunx Torquilla, Wryneck, Shrewsbury Quarry and Meole Brace.