STONECHAT WHEATEAE. 299 



within the Polar circle. I observed them high up on the 

 Lapland fells, but not so high as the wheatear. 



75. S. HUBICOLA, Bechst. Svart Lakad Busk sqvatta. 



The Stonechat. D. 



Much resembles the last in size and appearance, but 

 the throat is black ; no white band over the eyes ; tail 

 feathers totally black-brown without white, and the 

 first wing primary is much longer than the nearest 

 wing covert. 



Is quite accidental in both Scandinavia and Denmark, 

 and not known in Finland. 



76. S. ^BNANTHE, Bechst. Sten sqvatta. The Wheatear. 



D. F. 



Length 6 in.; back grey ; rump, forehead, and a 

 streak over the eyes white ; a black band through the 

 eye ; tail square at the end, white with a black tip. 

 Female is more rusty grey, and in the autumn both the 

 young and old birds are much alike. 

 Is one of the commonest birds throughout all Scandi- 

 navia in the summer, and goes far into Lapland and high 

 up on the fells to the very snow region. 



SYLVIIDJE. WARBLERS. 



Bill slender, with a few weak bristles at the base, com- 

 pressed on the anterior half; nostrils basal, lateral, placed 

 in a broad groove, and half covered with a membrane ; 

 tarsus longer than the middle toe ; third and fourth 

 wing feathers longest; outer toe united at base to mid- 

 dle; hind claw strong; tail in general long, rounded, or 

 square. 



The warblers form one of the largest divisions of our 

 birds, and one which it is almost impossible to separate into 

 genera. I think the arrangement which I have adopted is 

 one of the simplest, although the strictly scientific naturalist 

 may probably find fault with it. The warblers are all sum- 

 mer migrants to Scandinavia, leaving in the autumn, although 



