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Tlie Summer Visitors. 



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Willow Wren. (St/lvia trochilus. 

 Lath.) Many ai'e to be seen about the 

 middle and end of April in the young 

 enclosures, where I have frequently 

 eaufjht the bird on its nest. 



Wood Wren. (Siflvia slbilairix, 

 Beehst.) Its nests and eggs are gene- 

 rally found about the same time as the 

 willow wren's. 



Whitetiiro.\t. (^Sylvia cinerea, 

 Lath.) Common. 



Lesser Whitethroat. {Sylvia 

 curruca, Lath.) Not abundant. 



Whinchat. {Si/lvia rubetra, Lath.) 

 Known throughout the Forest as the 

 " Furze Hacker." 



Tree Pipit. {Anthus arboreus, 

 Beehst.) Common. 



Reed Wren. {Si/Ivia arundinacea. 

 Lath.) The five foregoing species eome 

 much about the same time, namely, the 

 end of April, but the reed wren is ex- 

 cessively scarce in the Forest, and I 

 have only once or twice heard its note 

 in the Beaulieu river. Mr. Hart assures 

 me that it builds on the banks of the 

 Avon, but its nest has yet to be found. 



Landrail. {GalUnida crex. Lath.) 

 About the end of Ajuul or beginning of 

 May. A good many yearly build round 

 Milton, and the south parts of the 

 Forest, and even in the interior, as at 

 Fritham and Alum Green. 



Common Sandi'ipek. (Tn/atms hi/- 

 poleucos, Tem.) A pair now and ilien 



remain to breed at Whitten pond, near 

 I Hurley, and also at Oeknell. 

 I Turtle Dove. {Colnmba turtiir, 

 Lin.) Not uncommon. Makes a slight 

 framework of heather lor a nest, which 

 it places in a furze bush or low holly. 

 Is extremely sliy, and easily forsakes 

 I its eggs. 

 I Swift. {Ct/pselus apus, Illig.) 



Nightjar. {Caprimulgns EiiropcBus, 

 Lin.) Known throughout the Forest 

 as the "Night Hawk," "Night Crow," 

 " Ground Hawk," from its habits, and 

 manner of flying. I have received its 

 eggs at all dates, from the middle of 

 May to the end of July. 



Spotted Flycatcher. {Muscicapa 

 grisola, Lin.) Arrives about the same 

 time as the three preceding, namely, 

 the beginning of May. 



Hedbacked Shrike. {Lanius collurio, 

 Lin.) 



IIoRUY. {Fiilco suhbuteo. Lath.) 

 Generally breeds fi"om the beginning to 

 the end of June. Mr. Farren, how- 

 ever, in 1861, found a nest coiitaiiiing 

 three eggs so early as May 28th. See 

 Chapter XXII. p.261. 



Honey Buzzard. {Falco apivnrus, 

 Lin.) Never arrives before the end of 

 May. See Chapter xxii. i)p. iO-i-^fi.'). 



Puffin. {Mormon fratirmki, Tem.) 

 Comes to the Barton cliffs from the Isle 

 of Wight, where it breeds. 



Here, as before, the list clearly indicates the nature of the country. 

 The wheatear proclaims the down-like spaces on the tops of tlie hills, 

 whilst the hobby and the honey-buzzard tell of the vast extent of woods. 

 In the following division the winter birds speak, instead, of the morasses 

 and bogs, and the river estuaries and mudbanks, which surround the 

 Forest district. 



Shorteared Owl. (Strix brachyolus, 

 Gniel.) Not nncoinmon. Mr. Cooper, 

 the Forest Keci)er to wiiom I have licfon- 

 referred, tells me that in winter and late 

 in the autumn for twentyyears past lie has 



invariably met s|X!eimens in hcatliy and 

 marshy si)ots at llarvcsi>ladf liclwi'cn 

 Barley and IJoldrcwood. A spccinicii 

 was killed in Novemi>er, I8(i(l, in IdlnUn 

 Bottom, iiy I,. II. ( 'iiiiilici lialrli, K.«j. 



