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BLACK EEDSTAET. Euticilla tithys (Scopoli). 



A winter visitant to England ; rare in Scotland and 

 Ireland. In a few instances has remained to nest, 

 e. g. near Rugeley, Staffordshire (Hawkins, ' Zoologist,' 

 1852, p. 3503); at Durham (Proctor, in 'Ormsby's 

 Sketches of Durham ') ; in Nottinghamshire, three 

 nests (Sterland, 'Birds of Sherwood Forest,' p. 67); 

 in Pembrokeshire (More, fide Tracy, fc Ibis,' 1865, 

 p. 21) ; and in the Isle of Wight (Bond). Dr. Bull- 

 more, in his ' Cornish Fauna ' (p. 16), says this bird is 

 4 'found every summer in the cliffs between Swanpool 

 and Castle Head, Cornwall." It is a scarce bird in 

 Scotland, where, however, it is said to have nested 

 once, near Dumfries (Gray, ' Birds of West of Scot- 

 land,' p. 85); and in Ireland it is only known as a 

 rare straggler. 



STONECHAT. Saxicola ruUcola (Linnaeus). 



Eesident in many districts throughout the year, 

 particularly in Scotland ; but at the same time partially 

 migratory in spring and autumn. It does not breed 

 in Orkney or Shetland. 



WHJNCHAT. Saxicola nibetra (Linnaeus). 



A summer migrant ; less common in Ireland than 

 elsewhere, and not found in Orkney or Shetland. 



WHEATEAR. Saxicola cenanthe (Linnaeus). 



A summer migrant. A few occasionally remain the 

 winter in England and Scotland, but not in Ireland. 



