BIRDS 



9. Whinchat. Pratincola rubetra (Linn.). 



A common summer visitor, arriving about 

 the middle of April, and leaving in September. 

 Nests freely on the commons and rough 

 grounds, and may generally be regarded as 

 abundant. 



10. Stonechat. Pratincola rubicola (Linn.). 



A partial resident. The bulk of its num- 

 bers leave the county in autumn and return 

 in spring. It is rather local in-its distribution, 

 but nests on many of the furze-covered 

 Surrey commons. 



11. Redstart. Ruticilla phaenicurus (Linn.). 

 A regular summer visitor of fairly general 



distribution. Arrives about the middle of 

 April, leaving again in September, and is oc- 

 casionally noticed in the south metropolitan 

 parks. 



12. Black Redstart. Ruticilla titys (Scopoli). 

 A rare winter visitor, sometimes probably 



overlooked. Has been recorded from the 

 county on six occasions (Bucknill, pp. 22, 23). 



13. Red-spotted Bluethroat. Cyanecula suecica 



(Linn.). 



Has occurred once at Wandsworth (1862), 

 and possibly elsewhere. A very rare straggler 

 (Bucknill, p. 24). 



14. White-spotted Bluethroat. Cyanecula 



uuolfi, Brehm. 



A specimen in the Charterhouse collection 

 is stated to have been killed at Guildford 

 Castle (Bucknill, p. 25). The record is not 

 wholly satisfactory. 



15. Redbreast. Erithacus rubecula (Linn.). 



A common resident even within the metro- 

 politan area. Its numbers are largely in- 

 creased by migrants from the continent in 

 autumn. 



1 6. Nightingale. Daulias luscinia (Linn.). 

 An abundant summer visitor to all rural 



Surrey, where it is probably as common as in 

 any other county in England. It arrives in 

 early April and leaves towards the beginning 

 of September. 



17. Whitethroat. Sylvia cinerea (Bechstein). 

 An abundant summer visitor to all rural 



districts of the county. Known by several 

 familiar names, such as ' hay-tit ' and ' nettle- 

 creeper.' 



1 8. Lesser Whitethroat. Sylvia curruca 



(Linn.). 



Another common summer visitor almost as 

 abundant as the preceding species. Both the 

 whitethroats arrive about the middle of April. 



19. Blackcap. Sylvia atricapilla (Linn.). 



A summer visitor rather more numerous 

 than the garden-warbler, and less retiring. 

 The possessor of a song only equalled by that 

 of the nightingale. Arrives in early April. 



20. Garden- Warbler. Sylvia hortensis (Bech- 



stein). 



A fairly common summer visitor to the 

 rural parts of Surrey. Seldom arrives before 

 May, and is rather shy. 



21. Dartford Warbler. Sylvia undata (Bod- 



daert). 



In former years a tolerably common resi- 

 dent in many parts of Surrey, where it fre- 

 quented the thickest furze-covered commons. 

 Chiefly through the eager pursuit of collec- 

 tors it is now restricted to a few remote and 

 secluded corners, where its shy and retiring 

 habits still allow it to skulk in safety and 

 unnoticed. 



22. Goldcrest. Regulus crista tus, K. L. Koch. 

 A fairly common resident, receiving con- 

 siderable accessions to its numbers during 

 winter, in which season it is more noticeable 

 than at any other. 



23. Firecrest. Regulus ignicapillus (Brehm). 

 Although this species has occurred in all 



the neighbouring counties, it seems rather 

 doubtful if it can properly be added to this 

 county's list. The recorded examples have 

 hitherto proved to be unsatisfactory records, 

 although there is no reason why it should not 

 have occasionally occurred (Bucknill, p. 52). 



24. Chiffchaff. Phylloscopus rufus (Bechstein). 

 A regular and common summer visitor ; 



one of the earliest of our spring migrants, 

 being usually observed before the end of 

 March. 



25. Willow- War bier. Phylloscopus trochilus 



(Linn.). 



The commonest summer visitor of the 

 warbler tribe which favour the county with 

 their presence. Arrives early in April, and 

 is very generally distributed even near the 

 metropolis. 



26. Wood -Warbler. Phylloscopus sibilatrix 



(Bechstein). 



The wood-wren, as this species is often 

 called, is a summer visitor of rather local but 

 fairly abundant distribution. It should not 

 be regarded as uncommon, but, being very 

 sylvan in its habits, is often unnoticed in 

 localities where it may be found if searched 

 for in its proper haunts. 



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