30 THE BIRDS OF DORSET. 



WHITE-THROAT. Sylvia ritfa, (Bodd). 



Yarrell, i. p. 406; Dresser, ii. p. 377; Sylvia cinerea, Harting, 

 p. 16; Seebohm, i. p. 405; Ibis List, p. n; Motacilla 

 cinerea, /3., Pulteneijs List, p. 9. 



This is one of our commonest summer visitants ; 

 it arrives towards the end of April, and may often 

 be seen on the top spray of a hedgerow, or rising 

 in the air sending forth its short, jerky song. It is 

 very shy, taking every precaution for concealment, 

 invariably keeping on the off-side of a hedge to 

 elude the notice of the passer-by. 



LESSER WHITE-THROAT. Sylvia curruca, (L.) 



Yarrell, i. p. 410; Dresser, ii. p. 383; Seebohm, i. p. 410; Ibis 

 List, p. 1 2 ; Sylvia sylviella, Harting, p. 1 6. 



The Lesser White-Throat is also a summer visitant, 

 though less common than the preceding, but not 

 sufficiently so to require special notice. It is gene- 

 rally distributed. Professor Newton found its nest 

 at Bloxworth in June 1876. 



BLACKCAP. Sylvia atricapilla, (L.) 



Yarrell, i. p. 418 ; Harting, p. 15 ; Dresser, ii. p. 421 ; Seebohm, 

 i. p. 394; Ibis List, p. 12 ; Motacilla atricapilla, Pulteney's 

 List, p. 8. 



A common and regular summer visitant, vieing 

 with the Nightingale in the power and sweetness of 

 its song. 



