Sp. 35. 
Sp. 36. 
Sp. 37. 
Mr. Jenyns on the Ornithology of Cambridgeshire. 295 
S. atracapilla, Temm. Man. @Ornith. p. 201. 
Buackxcar.—The note of this bird much resembles, and is only 
inferior to, that of the Nightingale. It is usually first heard 
about the middle of April, but in very mild seasons I have 
noticed it as early as the 29th of March. It continues in full 
song till August. 
S. hortensis, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. p. 206. 
GREATER PrerrycHars.—This species is not very unfrequent 
in gardens, copses, and high hedges; though more plentiful some 
years than others. Its note is soft, possessing much variety, 
and particularly pleasing; but the individual which utters it, from 
its extreme shyness and its manner of concealing itself in the 
thickest parts of the wood, is not often seen. I never heard it 
before the 1st of May nor after the 18th of July. 
S. cinerea, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. p. 207. 
WuitTETHROAT.—Towards the end of April, this species resorts 
to our hedges in great quantities, where it must often have 
attracted notice by its very peculiar manners. For the most 
part it sings concealed, but every now and then it may be 
observed to rise suddenly from its retreat to a considerable height 
in the air, and without desisting from its song, to shoot about 
with some rapidity, accompanying its flight all the while with 
singular jerks and gesticulations of the wing. After continuing 
these movements for a greater or less interval, it returns slowly 
to the bush from whence it sprung, and resumes its former station. 
I cannot forbear mentioning in this place, that I have at 
different times been much inclined to suspect, that under the 
name of Whitethroat, there have been two species hitherto 
confounded together. What has chiefly led me to this opinion, 
is the circumstance of my having occasionally noticed amongst 
these birds certain individuals, which not only differed strikingly 
from the above in habits and manners, but also in note, and 
which invariably preceded the others in their arrival by a week 
or a fortnight. This year in particular, I observed some of these 
last as early as the first week in April. Their haunts were 
