THE ORNITHOLOGY AROUND VARDOL. 379 



appears to have been shot up here in December, 

 1846. 



Of the crows, he mentions the raven, the 

 hooded crow, and the magpie (rare), as remain- 

 ing here throughout the year. 



The Siberian jay also remains during the 

 year. 



The waxwing does not breed here, and is only 

 very rarely seen in the autumn. 



Of the swallows, he notices all except the swift, 

 as summer visitors. 



Both the flycatchers appear to breed here. 



The great shrike is a summer visitant. 



The fieldfare, the redwing, and the ring ouzel, 

 are all summer migrants. The water ouzel 

 remains throughout the winter, and these are all 

 the thrushes that he notices. 



Three wagtails are summer migrants : the 

 continental white wagtail, the grey-headed yellow 

 wagtail (which I never identified at Quickiock), 

 and the black-headed yellow wagtail (M. borealis 

 Sund.), which is commoner than the M. neglect a. 



He mentions three pipits as summer visitants: 

 the meadow pipit, the water pipit (A. rupestris), 

 and the red breasted pipit (A. cerernus, Pall.) 



The latter is common. The eggs of this pipit 

 so much resemble those of the meadow pipit, that 

 it is very hard to distinguish between the two. 



