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SYLVIA RUBETRA, Penn. 
The Whinchat, which is a migratory bird, leaves 
us in September and returns in April. It is gene- 
rally dispersed over this country, occurring here 
and there in pastures, chiefly in hilly and upland 
parts, and also in low tracts overgrown with small 
shrubs. It has a short, modulated, cheerful song, 
which is heard either when the bird is perched, or 
is fluttermg in the air. The nest is concealed 
among shrubs and herbage, and is composed of 
grasses, fibrous roots, and moss, with a lining of 
finer fibres and hair. The eggs, of which there are 
four or five, are of a uniform light greyish blue, 
sometimes marked with brownish red dots, but 
generally unspotted. Worms and insects are the 
common food of this bird. 
Werk th THROAT; COMM ON, 
SYLVIA CINEREA, Penn. 
The Whitethroats arrive in England the end 
of April or beginning of May, and depart im 
September. They frequent hedges, thickets, and 
gardens, and are extremely restless and petulant, 
flitting about with a rapid flight, and often hover- 
ing on the wing, emitting at the same time then 
