Older Passuirks. lam. Laniioak. 



fLanius excubitor Great Grey Shrike 



collurio 



pomeranus 



fOriolus galbula 



fMuscicapa grisola 

 ,, atricapilla 



Red-backed Shrike 



Wood chat 



Golden Oriole 



Occasionally reported to have been 

 seen(H.). 



Used to nest yearly some time ago in 

 several localities ; a few pair still 

 breed in the neighbourhood. 



Said to have been seen behind Sana- 

 torium, Summer, 1873 (H.). 



Nest in wood by Twenty Acre Field, 

 1876 (G. B. Batten). Two seen 

 near Woodhall, 1891 (N.). 



Fam. MusciCAPiDAE. 



Spotted Flycatcher 

 Pied Flycatcher 



Very common (V.). 



In Mr. Turner's Nurseries, Ware 



Road, May, 1892; only stayed for 



two days (V. ). 



Fam. TURDIDAE. Sub-fam. Turdinae. 



fTurdus viscivorus Missel Thrush 



t ,, musicus Song Thrush 



t ,, iliacus Redwing 



t ,, pilaris Fieldfare 



, , merula Blackbird 



Saxicola oenanthe Wheatear 



f Pratincola rubetra Winchat 



Common. 

 Common. 

 Common. 



Generally appears first 

 vember (V.). 



week of Xo- 



rubicola 



Stonechat 



X Ruticilla phoenicurus Redstart 

 iJlErithacus rubicuta Redbreast Robin 

 Daulias luscinia Nishtinmlc 



Rare migrant. Generally seen early 



in Spring (V.). 

 Commoner than preceding. A few 



pairs breed (V. ). Lea near Amwell 



(H.). 

 Commoner than preceding. Lea near 



Rye House ; field up R. Road (V.). 

 Common. 

 Common. 

 Common. 



Sub-fam. Silviinae. 



fSilvia cinerea Common ll'hitethroat Very common. Most of the warblers 



are common on the Heath, and the 

 Willow Wren may sometimes be seen 

 in the Quad picking the aphides 

 off the leaves of the creepers (V.). 

 ,, curruca Lesser Whitethroat Rarer than preceding, but still common 



(V.). 



