LIST OF SUMMER BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 87 



at Mount Edgcumbe* I saw young there until the 20th. of September, in 1849. 



Yellow Wagtaily (Motacilla flava,) Linii. — Common. Arrived in 1849, on 

 April 17th., and remained until the 9th. of October. They much frequent 

 the Lines, Devonport, and the marshes at Lara. 



Grasshopper Warbler, (Salicaria locustella.) — Very rare. Four specimens 

 have been obtained in the months of April and May, near Stoke. I heard 

 and saw one in Fancy wood, April 19th., ]849. 



Sedge Warbler, (Salicaria phragmitis.) — Common in EfFord marsh, Buckland 

 meadows, and the banks of the River Erme, below Ermington. Appeared 

 on April 24th-, 1849. 



Tree Pipit, (Anthus arboreus,) Jardine. — Common. Arrived in 1849, on 

 April 25th., and I saw it as late as September 27th., in 1850. 



Wood Warbler, (Sylvia Sibilatrix.) — Arrived in the year 1849, on April 28th. 

 Common in Bickleigh vale, and all large woods with tall trees* is very rarely 

 seen in brushwood. 



Martin, (Hiruiido urbica,) Linn. — Very common. Arrived in 1849, on 

 April 29th., and departed about the middle of October. In May, 1848, I 

 saw a quantity building their nests against the sides of the clifts at the mouth 

 of the Yealiu River. 



Whitethroat, (Curruca ciiierea.) — Very common. Arrived in 1849, on 

 April 30th. 



Lesser WhitetJtroat, (Curruca sylviella.) — Very rare. One of these birds 

 was shot at Mutley several years ago, the only one I can discover that has 

 ever been obtained here. 



Land Bail, (Crex pratensis.) — Common. Arrives in the end of April, 

 and departs about the middle of October j in the latter month they were once 

 found congi-egated by a farmer, residing near Modbury, in one of his potato 

 fields, not far from the sea coast, who informs me he saw upwards of forty 

 and killed seventeen; on going to try for them again on the following day 

 they had all disappeared. 



Spotted Bail, (Crex porzana.) — Very rare. Is occasionally seen in the 

 months of September and October, in Efford marsh, where one specimen was 

 obtained. The Rev, C. Bulteel also has a specimen in his collection which he 

 shot near Ei'mington. 



Cuckoo, (Cuculus canorus,) Linn. — Common. Arrived in 1849, on April 

 28th. It much frequents the clifts at Bovisand. In the latter end of May, 

 1848, I took an egg out of a nest of the Yellow Bunting. {Emberiza 

 citrinella, Linn.) 



Whinclmt, (Saxicola rubetra.) — Uncommon. I am informed it was formerly 

 very numerous. One or two pairs annually breed near Cadworthy Bridge, 

 on Shaughmoor, and on Harfordmoor. 



Greyheaded Wagtail, (Motacilla neglecta,) Gould. — Very rare. A pair was 

 obtained on the Lara marshes, May 1st., 1850, by J. Gatcombe, Esq., Plymouth. 

 He informs me their note was sharper than that of the Yellow Wagtail, and 



