BIRDS OF THE HARLESTON DISTRICT. 137 



30. *WHITETHROAT (Sylvia rufa). " Hayjack." 

 One of the most abundant of our summer migrants. 



31. * LESSER WHITETHROAT (Sylvia curruca). 



" We have noticed the Lesser Whitethroat more than once 

 at Starston, and have also procured its eggs at the same place " 

 (Sheppard and Whitear's Catalogue of the Norfolk and Suffolk 

 Birds 1825, p. 19). Mr. F. Boyce tells me that he has often 

 met with this bird at Redenhall, and it appears to be not rare 

 in the neighbourhood. 



32. * GARDEN WARBLER (Sylvia hortensis), and 



33. *BLACKCAP (Sylvia atricapilla). 



Summer migrants, generally distributed in groves and 

 gardens. 



34. WOOD WREN (Phylloscopus sibilatrix). 



" This species is scarce. A specimen was killed at Starston.'' 

 (List of the birds of the county in Stacy's History of Norfolk, 



1829.)f 



35. *WILLOW WREN (Phylloscopus trochilus). "Ground- 



oven." 



Common in orchards and plantations through the summer. 



36. *CHIFFCHAFF (Phylloscopus collyUta). 



A summer visitant, and nearly as plentiful in our district 

 as the Willow Wren. 



37. "^GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN (Regulus cristatus). 



Not very common in summer ; more frequently met with 

 in autumn and winter. 



38. *WREN (Troglodytes parvulus). 

 Very common. | 



f This list was contributed by John Hunt, of Norwich, author of an 

 illustrated work on British Birds, and a friend and correspondent of the Rev. 

 Wm. Whitear, from whom, no doubt, he received the above information. 



Some years ago, before the days of compulsory education, Wrens were 

 familiarly known around Harleston as " stags ; " and " stag-hunting " that is, 

 stoning a Wren up and down a hedge till a shot from one side or the other 

 killed the bird was a favourite sport with our boys, and even young men. 

 The school-attendance inspector is in many ways a good friend to our wild 

 birds ! 



