NIGHTJAR (_Caprimulgus europæus_).—All through the twilight of the long days his purr-purr comes down from the heathery summit of Otterbourne Hill, where he earns his other name of Fern Owl, and may be seen flitting on silent wing in search of moths. KINGFISHER (_Alcedo ispida_).—This beautiful creature darts out of the reeds bordering the Itchen, and it used to be at Chandler’s Ford before the place was so populated. It seems also to haunt ponds or marshy places in woods, for a young full-fledged one was brought into Otterbourne House by a cat, alive and apparently unhurt. Another took a fancy to the gold-fish in a stone basin at Cranbury, and was shot, as the poor fish could not escape. SPOTTED FLYCATCHER (_Muscicapa grisola_).—Late in summer these dainty little birds come whisking about the garden, perching on a rail, darting off after a fly, returning to the same post, or else feeding their young in nests on the side of the house. A pair built in 1897 in a flower-pot close to the window of Otterbourne House. BUTCHER-BIRD (_Lanius collurio_).—Said to have been seen at Otterbourne. A slug has been found impaled on a thorn, but whether this was the shrike’s larder, or as a charm for removing warts, is uncertain. MISSEL-THRUSH (_Merula viscivora_).—This handsome bird is frequent, and commonly called House Screech. A story told by Warden Barter may be worth preserving. A pair of Missel Thrush seeing a peacock too near their nest, charged full at him, and actually knocked him down. SONG-THRUSH (_Merula musica_).—Happily everywhere warbling on warm days in autumn and winter with a sweet, powerful song, some notes more liquid than even the nightingale’s. The shells of the snails he has devoured bestrew the garden-walks. BLACKBIRD (_Merula vulgaris_).—Out, with angry scream and chatter at the approach of an enemy, darts the “ousel cock so black of hue, with orange-tawny bill.” How dull a lawn would be without his pert movements when he comes down alternately with his russet wife. One blackbird with a broad white feather on each side of his tail haunted Elderfield for two years, but, alas! one spring day a spruce sable rival descended and captivated the faithless dame. They united, chased poor Mr. Whitetail over the high garden hedge, and he was seen no more. REDWING (_Merula iliaca_).—Not common, but noted by J. B. Y. RING-OUZEL (_Merula torquata_).—Rare, but observed by J. B. Yonge in Otterbourne Park, 14th September 1865, and it has been seen several times later. FIELDFARE (_Merula pilaris_).—In flocks in winter. WHEATEAR (_Sylvia ænanthe_).—Comes to the downs. STONECHAT (_Saxicola rubicola_).—Hops about on stones. WHINCHAT (_Saxicola rubetra_).—On furze bushes on Otterbourne Hill.