1 74 Among th<: Bi?iis in \ortIitrn S/iires. 



parsley, where it sits and utters a sharp double note, 

 resembling the syllables u-ta^, at interxals, jerking 

 its tail meanwhile. Its mate may be seen sitting in 



The Whine- 2::. 



a similar manner on another stem not far away, and 

 when disturbed they flit from stalk to stalk about the 

 field. These birds are onlv seen in E norland durinor 

 summer: they arrive in the southern counties about 

 the middle of April, but do not reach the south 



