p. 374. Tomlins, Thomas, musician and 1778 1847 composer, Turner, John, lawyer and 1680 Wood’s Athenæ. author, Oxon. iii. 1269. Waring, John Scott, friend and 1749 1819 defender of Warren Hastings, and author, Wooley, Edw. Bishop of consecrated Wood’s Fasti, Clonfert, 1665 54. BIRDS SEEN IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF SHREWSBURY. “And now is Mirthe therein, to here The birdes how they singen clere, The manis and the nightingale, And other jollie birdes smale.” _Chaucer’s Romaunt of the Rose_. 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.