CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 149 



SPOTTED FLYCATCHEK. 



Case 184. 



This is one of the latest of our summer visitors, seldom 

 appearing till well on in May, then, rapidly dispersing 

 over the country, it rears its young, and takes its 

 departure early in the autumn. 



The specimens in the case were obtained at Ports- 

 lade, near Brighton, in the summer of 1874. 



SNOW BUNTING. 



Case 185. 



Though usually supposed to leave our shores on the 

 approach of summer, a few pairs of Snow Buntings 

 remain, and rear their young in some of the wildest 

 districts of the Highlands of Scotland. 



Early in the autumn immense flocks make their 

 appearance in the north, and gradually work round 

 the coast, till hundreds are often observed in severe 

 weather in the immediate vicinity of the English 

 Channel. 



Their numbers, in Sussex, vary with the seasons, 

 but few being noticed in mild winters. 



The specimens in the case were shot on the South 

 Denes, near Yarmouth, in Norfolk,^in November, 1^72. 



SNIPE.— (Summer.) 



Ca.-ie 186. 



The Snipe is a permanent resident in Great Britain, 

 breeding wherever suitable localities are met with from 



