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152 BIRD GALLERY, 
No. 43. WHEATEAR,. (Saxicola cenanthe.) 
This widely distributed species is one of our first spring visitors, 
usually arriving early in March and leaving in the beginning of 
October. It is generally, though locally, distributed throughout the 
British Islands and frequents the wilder parts of the country, such as 
open downs, heaths, and barren hills. The loosely made nest of dry 
grass, lined with hair and feathers, is placed in various situations—rabbit- 
burrows, crevices of stone-walls or peat-stacks, heaps of stones, and 
empty meat-tins being commonly utilized. The eggs, which vary from 
five to seven in number, are very pale blue, sometimes faintly dotted 
with purple. Two broods are produced in a season. 
Norfolk, June. 
Presented by Lord Walsingham. 
No. 44. CHIFFCHAFF. (Phylloscopus rufus.) 
The earliest of the spring migrants to the British Isles, where its 
familiar note, from which its name is derived, is often heard in the 
beginning of March. The majority leave our islands in September, but 
a few sometimes remain in the south of England throughout the year. 
The dome-shaped nest, with the entrance near the top, is usually placed 
near the ground among coarse undergrowth, but sometimes, as in the 
present instance, the site chosen is in bushes, even at a height of several 
feet. The eggs, generally six in number, are white with distinct spots 
of dark purplish-brown. The nesting-season commences about the end 
of April and two broods are generally reared in a season. 
Oxfordshire, May. 
Presented by W. R. Ogilvie-Grant, Esq. 
No. 45, WOOD-WREN. (Phylloscopus sibilatrix. ) 
One of the latest summer visitors to the British Islands, arriving 
in the south of England about the middle of April. Though always 
a verv local species, it is not uncommon in wooded districts, preferring 
old plantations of oak or beech, where it may generally be seen 
searching for insects among the higher branches. The domed nest of 
dry grass is always placed on the ground among herbage and invariably 
lined with fine grass and hair, never with feathers. From five to 
seven white eggs, thickly spotted with purplish-brown and grey, are laid 
about the middle of May. 
Sussex, June, 
Presented by Dr, R, Bowdler Sharpe, 
