2204 The Zoologist— July, 1870. 



(April 22, 1870) information of the appearance of golden orioles on the 

 Scilly Islands : one was picked up dead and four others seen in bright 

 plumage in Trescoe Island, and another, apparently a female, in 

 Sampson. I observe that the female is rather larger than the male. — 

 April 22, 1870.) [The immigration of these beautiful birds in April 

 of this year has excited much interest : from Cornwall they seem to 

 have spread in all directions over the South of England and Ireland. — 

 E. Newniati.] 



Hedge Accentor. — GeneraJly distributed : song continued through- 

 out the winter in mild open weather. 



Redbreast. — Generally distributed. 



Redstart. — Very rare westward of Exeter. First discovered in 

 Cornwall in Trebartha woods, in the parish of North-hill ; nest and 

 eggs also found and secured, and specimens of the bird. Seen during 

 the autumnal migration at Scilly. 



Black Redstart. — Not uncommon in the winter months in immature 

 plumage ; frequents stone hedges, stone walls by the side of roads, 

 and appears to prefer open ground to bushes and trees. Observed at 

 the migratorial season at Scilly. 



Stonechat. — Generally distributed. 



Whinchat. — Rare and local ; eastern moors ; occasionally in the 

 neighbourhood of Penzance, — on the open downs near Castle-an- 

 Dinas. 



Wheatear. — Summer visitant, and generally distributed over the 

 less cultivated parts of the country, on stone hedges, &c. 



Grasshopper JVarbler. — Summer visitant; rare: occasionally heard 

 in Alverton fields. Madron bottom, and a few oilier localities : song 

 resembling the notes of a cricket, but uttered with rapidity and 

 continuously, apparently with one breath, and with a trilling expres- 

 sion. The habits of this species are retired and obscure, and from its 

 constantly frequenting the most dense part of brarably hedge-rows, it 

 is seldom seen. Sings throughout the night, and in still summer nights 

 may be heard at a considerable distance, although the note is in itself 

 weak. 



Edward Hearle Rodd. 



(To be continued.) 



