Tree Sparrow. (Fringilla montana, Lin.) Rare.
Mealy Redpole. (Fringilla borealis, Tem.) Sometimes caught by the birdcatchers.
Parrot Crossbill. (Loxia pityopsittacus, Bechst.) Mr. Rake informs me that one was killed at Breamore, Nov. 28th, 1855, out of a flock of a dozen, and that a few days afterwards several more were killed.
Rose-coloured Pastor. (Pastor roseus, Tem.) A fine male was shot some twenty years ago, by Mr. Hart’s brother, at Purewell.
Chough. (Pyrrhocorax graculus, Tem.) Becoming every year more scarce. See Chapter XXII., pp. [274], [275].
Great Black Woodpecker. (Picus martius, Lin.) On its breeding habits in Sweden, see Mr. Simpson’s account in the Ibis, vol. i., p. 264, which agrees about the bird not making a fresh hole, as described at pp. [272], [273].
Hoopoe. (Upupa epops, Lin.) See Chapter XXII., [p. 274].
White-bellied Swift. (Cypselus alpinus, Tem.) Mr. Hart informs me that a specimen was killed about ten years ago over Christchurch harbour.
Rock Dove. (Columba livia, Briss.)
Red-legged Partridge. (Perdix rubra, Briss.) Introduced many years ago by the late Mr. Baring, of Somerley; but very few, if any, are left.