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. (on the authority of Robert Griffith Temple, Esq. Barrister at Law.) Picus viridis, Green Woodpecker, common. — major and medius, Pied Woodpecker, Shrewsbury Quarry, occasionally. — minor, Barred Woodpecker, Shrewsbury Quarry and Westfelton. Sitta europæa, Nuthatch, Shrewsbury Quarry. Upupa Epops, Hoopoe, Rednall, a pair, only once seen. Certhia familiaris, Creeper, Shrewsbury Quarry. Loxia curvirostra, Cross-bill, on larch trees, occasional visitors. — Coccothraustes, Grosbeak, farm-yards; at Nesscliffe, in company with sparrows. — Enucleator, Pine Grosbeak, Nesscliffe Hill. — Chloris, Green Grosbeak common in gardens. — Pyrrhula, Bullfinch, common in gardens. Emberiza Miliaria Bunting, hedges and lanes, common. — Citrinella, Yellow Bunting common in high-roads. — Schœniclus, Black-headed Bunting, Raven Meadow; Dorsett’s Barn, Shrewsbury. Fringilla domestica, Sparrow, every where. — cælebs, Chaffinch, common in gardens. — Carduelis, Goldfinch, common in fields. — Spinus, Siskin, Westfelton, in flights, but rarely. — cannabina, Greater Red-pole. near mountains;—Pimhill. Fringilla linaria, Lesser Redpole, on gravel walks. — linota, Linnet, not uncommon.
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