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PASSERES. 



347 

 SYLVUD.E. 



Saxicola (enanthe (Linnffius*). 



THE WHEATEAK. 



Saxicola wnanthe. 



The Wheatear, or Fallowchat as it is sometimes called, 

 is one of the earliest of our summer-visitors, generally 

 making its appearance about the middle of March, or some- 

 times even at the end of February, and remaining until the 

 autumn. It has usually taken its departure from our island 



* MotacUla (enanlhi, Liun;eus, Syst. Nat. E.l. Vl, i. p. 3:32 (1706). 



