22 THE BIRDS OF RAINHAM. 



ROBIN. 

 Erithacus rubecula (Linn.). 



The familiar Robin makes itself at home every- 

 where. 



NIGHTINGALE, 

 Daulias luscinia (Linn.). 



Everybody knows the coming of the Nightingale, 

 soon as springtime comes we are waiting for the 

 great event of the year to hear our woods and hedges 

 rattle with its glorious song ; the middle of April is 

 the time, nor does it lose a day or night after 

 coming, if the weather is at all favourable, to pour 

 forth at once its charming melody. 



What would a country life be worth in the south 

 of England without the far-famed Nightingale ? 



REDSTART. 

 Ruticilla phoenicurus (Linn.). 



The Redstart once was common in our orchards, 

 coming the second or third week in April, now only 

 to be heard and seldom seen on the outskirts of 

 the woods, where it breeds in the old boundary 

 stumps. 



BLACK REDSTART. 

 Ruticilla titys (Scopoli). 

 When driving, October ist, 1865, I observed a 



