354 SUMMER. 



cola cenanthe) ; the whin chat (saxicola rubetra) ; and 

 the stone chat (saxicola rabicola). In the distribution 

 of these birds there is something very peculiar, and 

 which shows, that though the varied temperature of 

 climates, and the varying weather of seasons, have 

 a considerable effect upon the distribution and move- 

 ments of birds, they do not explain the whole. 



THE WHEATEAR 



Is a summer visitant, and leaves this island during 

 the winter ; but it is very abundant in the summer, 

 and distributed over the whole country ; being found 

 in those places which are adapted for its habits, in 

 every latitude, from the shores of the Channel to the 

 Orkney Isles. The whinchat is generally also a mi- 

 grant, (though a few winter in the counties of Eng- 

 land along the shores of the Channel), and abundant 

 in the southern parts of the island ; but it is not met 

 with in the north. The stoncchat does not migrate, 



