86 LIST OF SUMMEK BIRDS OF PASSAGE. 



Pygoera bucephala is not unfrequeut in many places, the caterpillar sometimes 

 appearing in incredible profusion. 



37, Monteith Bow, Glasgow , April 2iiid., 18ul. 



(To be Continued.) 



LIST OF THE SUMMER BIRDS OF PASSAGE, 



ARRANGED IN THE ORDER THEY USUALLY APPEAR IN, 



THE LOCALITY OF PLYMOUTH, DEVON. 



BY R. A. JULIAN^, ESQ., JUN. 



. Chiff Gliaff, (Sylvia hippolais,) 8dhy. — Very common. Arrived in the year 



1848, on March 23rd.; and in 1849, on March 18th. On their first arrival 

 they much frequent sallow bushes. 



Sand Martin, (Hirundo riparia,) hinn. — Common. Arrived in 1849, on 

 March 24th. They breed in small parties, in the banks of the River Erme, 

 below Ermington; on the Meavy, near Roborough down; and Borough island, 

 at the mouth of the Yealm. 



Wheatear, (Saxicola oenanthe.) — Common. iVrrived in 1849, on March 

 24th. These birds are plentiful on Dartmoor, Shaughmoor, at Pyles on 

 Harfordmoor, and on the sea coast. 



Chimney Swallow, (Hirundo rustica,) Linn. — ^Very common. Arrived in 



1849, on April 8th.; on the following days the weather becoming very rough, 

 I did not observe any again until April 18th. 



Willow Wren, (Sylvia trochilus,) Selhy. — Very common. Arrived in 1848, 

 on April 5th.; and in 1849, on April 9th. 



Blac]cca.p, (Curruca atricapilla.) — Arrived in 184-9, on April 9th. Out 

 of the throat of one I once took two large ivyberries, which it had just 

 swallowed. 



Bing Ouzel, (Turdus torquatus,) Linn. — Not uncommon on Dartmoor, 

 Trowlsworthy rabbit-warren, Shaughmoor, and Pyles, on Harfordmoor. Arrived 

 in 1849, on April 9th, and on the following day I procured five specimens. 

 They sing much on their arrival, somewhat similar to a Missel Thrush, and 

 their alarm note diflFers from that of the Blackbird, by being more shai"p and 

 shrill. The nest is usually placed in a bank near a stream, or on a "ledge of 

 rock in a tor; it is composed of pieces of dead fern or heath, and then a 

 layer of mud, completed with a lining of fine dry grass. The eggs arc 

 usually four, but never more than five in number. On their departure, they 

 are occasionally seen in the cultivated and wooded lands of Mount Edgcumbe 

 and Manadon — places contrary to their usual habitats. 



Bedstart, (Phaenicura ruticilla.) — Uncommon. I saw a pair in Bickleigh 

 vale, April 1.0th., 1849. There are one or two pairs which breed annually 



