68 NATURAL HISTORY 
through the bottom of the thorns, yet it would not 
come into fair sight; but in a morning early, and 
when undisturbed, it sings on the top of a twig, 
gaping, and shivering with its wings. Mr. Ray 
himself had no knowledge of this bird, but received 
his account from Mr. Johnson, who apparently con- 
founds it with the reguli non cristati, from which it 
is very distinct.—See Ray’s Philos. Letters, p. 108. 
The fly-catcher (stoparola) has not yet appeared ; 
it usually builds in my vine. The redstart begins 
to sing; its note is short and imperfect, but is con- 
tinued till about the middle of June. The willow- 
wrens (the smaller sort) are horrid pests in a gar- 
den, destroying the peas, cherries, currants, &c., 
and are so tame that a gun will not scare them. 
A List of the Summer Birds of Passage discovered in this neighbour- 
hood, ranged somewhat in the order in which they appear. 
Linnzi Nomina. 
Smallest willow-wren . . Motacilla trochilus. 
Wryneck . . . . . « 4 Syne torquilla. 
House-swallow. . . . . Hirundo rustica. 
Martin. . . . . . . © Hirundo urbica, 
Sand-martn . . . . . . irundo riparia. 
Cuckoo’ .. . . . . . Cuculus canorus. 
Nightingale . . . . . . Motacilla luscinia. 
Blackcap . . . . . « « Motacilla atricapilla. 
Whitethroat . . . . . . Motacilla sylvia. 
Middle willow-wren . . . Motacilla trochilus. 
Sveltes: 25, «0 ee). , Eirundo apus. 
Stonecurlew? . . . . . Charadrius adicnemus ? 
Turtledove? . . . . . Yurtur Aldrovandi? 
Grasshopper-lark . . . . Alauda trivialis. 
Landrail: . . . . Rallus crea. 
Largest willow-wren . . . Motacilla trochilus. 
Redstart . . - Motacilla phenicurus. 
Goat-sucker, or fern-owl. . Caprimulgus Europeus, 
Fly-catcher . . . . + + Muscicapa grisola. 
My countrymen talk much of a bird that makes 
a clatter with its bill against a dead bough or some 
