. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. TROGLODYTID^— WRENS. 95 Family SITTID^. Nuthatch : Sitfa casia. A fairly-common resident throughout the county, especially in Skreens, Audley End, Thorndon, Hylands, Danbury and other parks, where the numerous ancient trees afford suitable nesting sites. Mr. Grubb and Mr. King both give it a place on their lists of Sudbury birds (39 & 20). English includes it in his list of Epping Forest Birds (43. i. 24), and Mr. Buxton says (47. 86) : " Frequent in the neighbourhood of Buckhurst Hill. A neighbour of m
. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. TROGLODYTID^— WRENS. 95 Family SITTID^. Nuthatch : Sitfa casia. A fairly-common resident throughout the county, especially in Skreens, Audley End, Thorndon, Hylands, Danbury and other parks, where the numerous ancient trees afford suitable nesting sites. Mr. Grubb and Mr. King both give it a place on their lists of Sudbury birds (39 & 20). English includes it in his list of Epping Forest Birds (43. i. 24), and Mr. Buxton says (47. 86) : " Frequent in the neighbourhood of Buckhurst Hill. A neighbour of mine supplies them with nuts, which they carry off every morning, invariably leaving the unsound ; It is frequent at Stanway (Laver). At Harwich it is scarce, but breeds (Kerry). In 1880, I exhibited before the Essex Field Club (43. i. 69) a strange mass of dry mud which had been deposited by a Nuthatch in an old Thrush's nest, built in a large yew tree in the park at Audley End a year or two previously. The lump of mud, which has been presented by Mr. Travis to the Club museum, was very, hard and completely filled the Thrush's nest, except that a hole had been left down the centre, exactly as if the Nuthatch had been plastering up the entrance to its nesting hole. It almost seems as if the Nuthatches had com- mitted this strange freak " for ; Family TROGLODYTIDiE. Wren : Troglodytes parvidus. Locally, " Diddy Wren," " Jenny Wren," and " Tiddy ; An abundant resident. the Essex name of " Tiddy" or " Tid- Swainson ley Wren" is diminutive size. (39), "Three or says (48. 35) that n allusion to its Mr. Grubb says four years ago a nest of young Wrens hatched in our garden [at Sudbury] were of a very light cream-colour. » » They very soon disappeared and were seen no ; About the year 1886 a keeper at Lexden shot a Hooded Crow and hung it up to a tree by a piece of wire to swing in the
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