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visitor in spring and autumn ; halting for a few 

 days among the juniper and holly bushes on our 

 elevated commons and highest Downs. 



GOLDEN ORIOLE, Oriolus galbula. A summer 

 straggler of rare occurrence. Has been twice 

 killed in the month of May, near Newhaven ; and 

 two examples are in the possession of Mr. W. 

 Borrer, which were shot at Alfriston, about four 

 miles from the last-named port, so that there 

 seems to be something peculiarly attractive to 

 this bird in that neighbourhood. 



Family SYLVIAD.E. 



HEDGE ACCENTOR or HEDGE SPARROW, Accen- 

 tor modularis. Common everywhere. 



REDBREAST or ROBIN, Erylhaca rubecula. As 

 elsewhere, a well-known and general favourite. 



REDSTART or FIRETAIL, Phcenicura ruticilla. 

 The very partial distribution of this bird is remark- 

 able. I never could discover it in any part of the 

 weald of West Sussex. It is even exceedingly rare 

 to the south of that region on the richer soil of the 

 lower green sandstone, in the neighbourhood of 

 Midhurst, Petworth and Pulborough, to the north 

 of the Rother, which is here a tributary to the 

 Arun : but on the long belt of ferruginous sand to 

 the south of that stream it is of frequent occur- 

 rence, particularly in the neighbourhood of Stor- 



