46 A YEAR WITH NATURE. 



In May there arrives the Spotted Flycatcher, the Quail, the 

 Stone Curlew already referred to and amongst the last which 

 favour us with their welcome presence are the Pied Flycatcher 

 not by any means so common a variety as the Spotted the 

 Swift one of the latest to arrive and one of the first to depart 

 and the interesting and useful Nightjar. 



The Marsh Warbler may now be classed as a regular 

 migrant to this Country, and it is pleasing to record the fact 

 that it is on the increase. About the 2Oth of May it makes 

 its appearance. 



The beautiful Golden Oriole is said to be a regular Spring 

 migrant to Cornwall and the Scilly Isles, and the strikingly 

 picturesque Hoopoe also visits us, perhaps regularly. Both birds 

 are persecuted, and owing to their exquisite and attractive 

 plumage do not fail to arrest attention ; this being so, they are shot 

 more often than if they were unattractive in their appearance. 



To make this sketch complete, it is as well in conclusion 

 to set out those birds which visit us occasionally during the 

 Spring and Summer, but which cannot be classed in any way 

 as regular migrants. These are: Orphean Warbler, Savi's 

 Warbler, Aquatic Warbler, Great Reed Warbler, Rufous Warbler, 

 White Wagtail, Grey Headed Wagtail, Water Pipit, Richard's 

 Pipit, Tawny Pipit, Pennsylvania!! Pipit, Red Throated Pipit, 

 and the Alpine Swift. 



