Part 1

In a Cheshire Garden

In a Cheshire Garden

Natural History Notes

GEOFFREY EGERTON-WARBURTON,

Rector of Warburton.

LONDON

SHERRATT AND HUGHES

Manchester: 34 Cross Street

1912

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

PREFACE.

These Notes appeared from April to June this year in The Warrington Guardian and afterwards came out in a de-localised form in The Staffordshire Weekly Sentinel.

I am indebted to the kindness of Mr. P. Ramsdale, of Heatley, for the photographs of The Old Church, The Yew-tree, and The Flower Garden (as it was some years ago).

My thanks are due also to Mr. Garrett for kindly allowing me to use his very interesting photograph of The Two Nests referred to on page 94.

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. Introductory 1

II. Weeds and Alien Plants 5

III. Birds--Thrushes 11

IV. Chats, Robins, and Warblers 26

V. Tits and Wrens 37

VI. Wagtails, Flycatchers, Swallows, and other Insect-eaters 46

VII. Sparrows and other Finches 57

VIII. Finches, Starlings, and Crows 67

IX. Other Birds 77

X. British Mammals 95

XI. Dogs and Cats 103

Index 113