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 Saxicola cenanthe. 



Wlieatear. 



FIRST SEEN. EGG OBSERVED. 



Marcli 27th, 1867. May 14tb, 1866. 



March 28th, 1868. May 19th, 1869. 



April 8th, 1869. 1870. 



This being the commonest of our three species of 

 Saxicola, I cannot account for the scarcity of dates of 

 arrival and oviposition. 



Salicaria locustella. 



Grasshopper Warhler. 



EGG OBSERVED. 



May 23rd, 1865. 



May 30th, 1866 (hard set). 



May 28th, 1867. 



1870. 



" Eare, but not nearly so rare as it seems, owing to the 

 shy habits of the bird and the care it takes to conceal its 

 nest. Its eggs have been taken on Clench Common and 

 on the Aldbourne downs, where its single monotonous note 

 may be heard almost incessantly during spring and 

 summer." — Extract from the Flora of 3IarJlorough. 



I have never come across this bird myself in this neigh- 

 bourhood, and have therefore given the above extract, from 

 which, and from the following, taken from the reports of 



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