WHEATEAR. 



PASSERES. 



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SYLVI/D^. 



SAXICOLA (ENANTHE (Linnaeus*). 



THE WHEATEAK. 



Saxicola cenanthe. 



THE WHEATEAR, or Fallowchat as it is sometimes called, 

 is one of the earliest of our summer-visitors, generally 

 making its appearance about the middle of March, or some- 

 times even at the end of February, and remaining until the 

 autumn. It has usually taken its departure from our island 



* Motacilla cenanthe, Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 332 (1766). 



