PASSE RES. ( 36 ) SYLVIID^. 



THE WHEATEAR. 



WHITE-RUMP, FALLOW SMICH, WHITE-TAIL, STONECHAT, 

 STANECHACK. 



Saxicola oenanihe. 



A good Westphalia gammon 

 Is cottnied dainty fare, 

 But what is that to salmon 

 Just taken from the Ware ? 

 Wheatears and quails, 

 Cocks, snipes, and rayles. 

 Are prized while season s lasting, 

 But all tnust stoop to crawfish soup. 

 Or I '7.'e no skill i?t tasting. 



W. H. Logan, The Fishermati's Song in 

 Pedlar's Pack of Ballads. 



Mk. Hakdy, in his interesting papers on the " Arrival, 

 Departure, and Local Migration of Birds near Oldcambus," ^ 

 very often refers to the Wheatear, for it is one of the most 

 conspicuous migrants near the coast, and in the higher 

 districts of the county. It generally arrives in Berwick- 

 shire from the south in the end of March or beginning of 

 April, and departs southwards again in August and Sep- 

 tember.^ 



1 Called "Stanechacker" by the Coldingham fishermen.— J. Hardy in Hist. 

 Ber. Nat. Club, vol. ix. p. 393. 



- See Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, vols, vi., vii., viii., ix., and x. 



3 Wheatears were observed on migration in Autumn 1880. — At Farnes on 10th 

 Aug. and 15th Sep. Spring 1881.— Farnes, 25th March and first week in Ma . 

 Autumn 1881.— Isle of May, 22nd Aug. to 22nd Sep. Spring 1882.— Isle of 

 May, 29th March ; Farnes, 22nd March. Autumn 1882.— Farnes, 12th August. 



