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THE WHEATEAR. 



The song of the male is pleasant, though not loud, 

 and is often uttered when hovering on the wing near its 

 uest.^ 



1 Mr. Hardy mentions that lie heard it singing on the tops of whin bushes in 

 a field called the " Ked Cot VVaas," near St. Helen's Church, on 1st May 1874.— 

 MS. Notes. 





