CATALOGUE OF BIRDS. 125 



For a month or six weeks in the autumn, during the 

 migration, they are very numerous along the range of 

 the South Downs, and on the marshes adjoining the 

 coast. 



The shepherds in the neighbourhood of Brighton 

 used, in days gone hy, to catch thousands of these birds 

 in horse-hair nooses on the sheep walks ; at the pre- 

 sent time, however, there appear to be but few traps 

 ever set, the nets of the bird-catchers taking sufficient 

 to supply the market. 



The specimens were obtained near Brighton, in 

 August, 1874. 



WHEATS AR (NESTLINGS.) 

 Case 146. 



The young birds are here shown, shortly after leav- 

 ing the nest, in their first feathers. 



They were shot between Shoreham and Seeding, in 

 Sussex, in July, 1874. 



WHEATEAK. (LARGE VARIETY.) 

 Case 147. 



A large variety of the Wheatear makes its appearance 

 every season, about three weeks or a month later than 

 the first arrivals of the smaller or common kind. 



The difference in size is very conspicuous, and in 

 addition to this the larger when disturbed almost in- 

 variably, if possible, flies up and settles on a tree or 

 hedge ; while the smaller, under similar circumstances, 

 generally contents itself with a large stone or clod. 



