STONECHAT. 
SYLVIA RUBICOLA, Penn. 
This species is generally dispersed in summer, 
although nowhere very abundant. The greater 
number of the individuals frequenting this country 
leave us in autumn ; but specimens have been found 
both in England and Scotland in winter. It 
resorts to furzy commons and heaths overgrown 
with furze, juniper, and other low shrubs. Its 
favourite station is the top twig of a bush, whence 
it sallies forth in pursuit of insects. The nest, 
which is usually placed on the ground, at the 
bottom of a whin or other bush, is composed of 
moss and dry grass, lined with hair or feathers. 
The eggs, of which there are five or six, are of a 
light greenish blue, marked towards the larger end 
with small reddish brown spots. 
Sur OK) BAO kK. 
Ciconta nigra, Selby. 
This species is generally dispersed over the 
eastern and middle parts of the Continent, and 
occurs occasionally also in the northern and 
western. Only a very few instances are recorded 
