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Luscinia megarhyncha. Common Nightingale. 



Very common in all the woods in the east of Somme 

 such as Dessart Wood and Havrincourt Wood. In May 

 a nightingale in Ossus Wood, our most advanced position 

 near the St. Quentin Canal, sang particnlarly well when 

 the machine-guns fired, as i£ in answer to them ; these birds 

 were common in the small copses of this area. Common in 

 Le Touquet Woods. 



Saxicola ruhicola. Stonechat. 



Not often seen : a few at Brie on the Somme in April ; 

 at Flixecourt, near Amiens, on 15 July ; one among the 

 trenches in Givenchy village on 27 December. 



Saxicola rubetra. Whinchat. 



Apparently very local : one at Ytres near Bertincourt on 

 28 May; common at Flixeeourt, near Amiens, in July ; a 

 fair number passing at Achiet le Grand on 30 August. 



Quite abundant in early August 1918 in the rough gi-ouud 

 round Hebuterne. 



(Enanthe oenanthe. Wheatear. 



Rarely seen ; once seen in summer at Bertincourt on 

 27 May; several passing at Achiet le Grand on 30 August, 

 and one near Logeast Wood on 12 September ; two passing 

 at Rouen on 11 October. At the end of July 1918 not un- 

 common on the sandhills near Etaples, where it presumably 

 breeds. 



Accentor modularis. Iledge-Sparrow. 



Common; still found in all the ruined villages in east of 

 Somme ; seen at Moat Farm, one of the keeps in the 

 Givenchy trenches. 



Troglodytes troglodytes. Wren. 



Common in all parts; still in the flattened villages of 

 the Somme offensive in March 1917 and in the destroyed 

 villages in the east of Somme. 



Muscicapa grisola. Spotted Flycatcher. 



Not common : seen at Roisel in May, at Flixeeourt near 



