6 THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIRE. 



their summer quarters with us, especially on Dart- 

 moor, where they nest under loose stones and in 

 rabbit burrows. 



^yRmGR.^T.— P rati m-ola ruhefra, (Liiiii). 

 A SUMMER visitant, numerously represented on 

 Haldon and Woodbury Common, and present in 

 smaller numbers on the edge of Dartmoor. The 

 Editor found it very abundant near Torquay in the 

 summer of 1880, frequenting more sheltered 

 situations than those favoured by the Stonechat. 

 A few pairs generally breed in North Devon. (E. 

 Rawson). 



STONECHAT.— P/-rt///k'o/rt ruhicola, (Linn). 



A EESIDENT, and partial migrant, nesting in March 

 and April on Dartmoor ; generally present in suitable 

 localities, more numerous than the Whinchat in 

 North Devon A cream-coloured Stonechat, shot 

 on Shenstone Marsh, April, 1863, is in the collection 

 of Mr. H. NichoUs. 



REDSTART.— i??//?V///r^ phoenlcnrus. (Linn.) 



A SUMMER visitant of partial distribution, common 

 in the neighbourhood of Exeter, and numerous in 

 North Devon (A. Mitchell), but generally a scarce 

 bird in the South and West of the County. About 

 Sidmouth it is rarely seen (A. L. Hine-Haycock). 

 In thirty years experience, the Rev. J. C. Green, 

 of Modbury, has only seen one local specimen, a 

 female, picked up dead upon the sea shore near 



