IS THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIRE. 



having been obtained in the vicinity of that town. 

 It was recorded by Mr. J. IT. Gurney and Baron 

 A. von Hiigel (Zool. 1873. p. 3490. 1874. p 390G). 

 Mr. Parfitt records two obtained near Devonport, 

 and Mr. Pulman states in his " Book of tlio Axe," 

 tliat it lias been seen near Ax minster ; bnt wliether 

 these examples were correctly identified as Fire- 

 crests, is unknown. 



CRl¥FCB.AYY.—P/n/nosco2n/s n/fus, (Bechst). 



A NUMEROUS and early sj)ring visitant, uttering its 

 monotonous notes from tall trees on its first arrival 

 in March, and continuing its simple song into the 

 summer months. Arriving, as it does before the 

 trees and hedges are in leaf, its presence serves as a 

 pleasant reminder of the advancing season. 

 Stragglers occasionally pass the winter in South 

 Devon, but the Chiffchaff is a less common bird at 

 all times in the North of the County. 



WILLOW ^Y'R'E^.—Ph/,'lIosco]nl.^ trochilus, (Linn). 



A NUMEROUS summer visitant, generall}^ distributed 

 through our plantations and hedgerows, especially 

 partial to meadows, intersected with streams and 

 watercourses, building its domed nest on or near 

 the ground, less artfully concealed than that of the 

 Wood Wren. 



WOOD \N^Y'^ .—Plnjlloscopus sihUatrix, (Bechst). 



A SUMMER visitant, frequenting tall woods ; local in 

 its distribution, though fairly common in some 



