42 STUDIES IN BIRD-MIGRATION 



The Asiatic Birds which have visited our isles 

 include : — 



Yellow-browed Bunting, Eviberiza chrysophrys. 

 Siberian Meadow-Bunting, E. cioides. 

 Large-billed Reed-Bunting, E. palustris. 

 Sykes' Wagtail, Motacilla beema. 

 Pallas' Grasshopper Warbler, Loaistella certhiola. 

 Radde's Bush-Warbler, Lusciniola schwarzi. 

 Pallas' Willow- Warbler, Phylloscopus proregulus. 

 Dusky Thrush, Turdus dubius. 

 Black-throated Thrush, Turdus atrigularis. 

 White's Thrush, Geocichla varia. 

 Eastern Pied Wheatear, Saxicola p/eschanka. 

 Brown Flycatcher, Muscicapa latirostris. 

 Spine-tailed Swift, Chtetura caiidaciita. 

 Red-breasted Goose, Branta ruficollis. 

 Pallas' Sand-Grouse, Syrrhaptes paradoxus. 

 Macqueen's Bustard, Houbara inacqueeni. 

 Siberian Pectoral Sandpiper, Tringa acuminata. 



The majority of these species have appeared on one or two 

 occasions only. 



The essentially African Visitors are very few, but 



include : — 



Masked Shrike, Lanius fiubicus. 

 Cream-coloured Courser, Cursorius gallicus. 



North America has contributed numerous species, 

 most of which are extremely irregular in their visits, 

 while a few, such as the Pectoral Sandpiper, are of 

 almost annual occurrence. They are : — 



American Pipit, Anthus pennsylvanicus. 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus aviericanus. 

 Black-billed Cuckoo, C. erythrophthabnus. 

 Hawk-Owl, Surnia caparoch. 

 Snow-Goose, Chen hyperboreus. 

 Greater Snow-Goose, C. nivalis. 

 American ^\'^IGEON, Mareca aniericana. 



