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TVJicat-Ear. — In the immediate neighbourhood of Carlisle 



I have never been able to see above one or two Wheat- Ears; 



but I believe this bird ari'ives much sooner on the coast, where 



I have seen it in considerable numbers. 



Redstart. — The Redstart made its appearance unusually 



early in the year 1827; as it very seldom arrives before the 



18th or 20th of April. 



Lesser Pettychaps (Regulus hippolais). — Although I have 



never yet been able to meet with the Lesser Pettychaps in this 

 neighbourhood, I think it extremely probable that it visits 

 some parts of this county. It has been detected by Mr. Selby 

 in Northumberland, and also in Westmoreland, where it has 

 been seen so early as the 26th of March, as will appear from the 

 following table, which I have extracted from an article " On 

 the Summer Birds of Passage, and on Migration in general, 

 by Mr. John Gough," inserted in the 35th vol. of the Philoso- 

 phical Journal. 



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