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BLUEBREAST. 



BLTJE-THEOATED WAEBLEE. BLTTE-THEOATED EEDSTAET. 

 BLTJE-THBOATED EOBIN. 



Sylvia suecica, JENYNS. 



Motacilla suecica, BEWICK. 



Phcenicura suecica) SELBY. GOULD. 



J'tcedula suecica, EYTON. BECHSTEIN. 



Curruca suecica, SELBY. 



Sylvia. SylvaA. wood. Suecica Of Sweden. 



THIS elegant bird, whose bright plumage reminds one of 

 the gay colours indicative of the tropical regions, occurs 

 throughout Europe; but almost exclusively in the summer 

 very few being ever seen in the winter. It is found as far 

 north as Russia, Norway, Siberia, Lapland, Finland, Bothnia, 

 and the northern parts of Sweden, as also in Greece, France, 

 and Holland, the southernmost parts of Spain, Germany, 

 Thuringia, Prussia*, and Italy. It is least frequent on the 

 western side of the continent. In the north of Africa it is 

 found in the winter. 



It is said to frequent low marshy grounds, the borders of 

 streams, and the outskirts of forests; but if the season be 

 ungenial and backward, it approaches dwellings and farmsteads 

 in search of food. Towards the autumn it advances into 

 the more cultivated districts for the like purpose, probably 

 with its family, whose additional wants have to be supplied. 



Of these birds one was shot at Margate in September, 1842, 

 so Edward Cole, Esq. has informed me; one also was shot 

 by Mr. T. Embledon, on Newcastle Town Moor, in May, 

 1826; another in Dorsetshire, and one, a male, was found 

 dead upon the beach near Yarmouth, Norfolk, on the 21st. 

 of September, 1841. 



The Bluebreast migrates northwards in the spring, and 



