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 W H I N C H A T. 



STLYIA KUBETKA, Penn. 



The Whinchat, wliich 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 fluttering 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. 



WHITETHROAT, COMMON. 



SYLVIA CINEREA, Penn. 



The Whitethroats arrive in England the end 

 of April or beginning of May, and depart in 

 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 theii 



