WHEATKAH. 



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Saxicola (enanthe (Linnaeus*). 



THE WHEATEAR. 



Saxicola (vnanthc 



The Wheatear, or Fallowcliat as it is sometimes called, 

 is one of the earliest of our summer- visitors, generally 

 making its aj^pearance about the middle of March, or some- 

 times even at the end of February, and remaining until the 

 autumn. It has usually taken its departure from our island 

 * Motacilla mianthe, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. j). 3-32 (17GG). 



