THE BIRDS OF LONDON. 279 
thought he had heard sing on New Year’s Day, 1792, but there 
can be no doubt that he listened to a Thrush. 
Repstart, Ruticilla phenicurus.—A summer visitant. For- 
merly not uncommon, but now scarce. In 1876 I noticed a pair 
of Redstarts in Kensington Gardens. It has been observed in 
the Regent’s Park. 
Wueatear, Saxicola enanthe.—A casual visitor in spring and 
autumn. ‘ April 5, 1878. A Wheatear, female, in Hyde Park near 
the Barracks.” The same spring a writer in ‘ The Times’ stated 
that he had seen five ‘Golden Orioles” in. the park! These 
proved to be Wheatears. 
REED WarBxeER, Salicaria arundinacea. —A summer visitant. 
Mr. E. Bartlett states that this bird breeds in the Zoological 
Gardens; but it has not been seen there for the last two or three 
years. It also breeds, according to Mr. Henry Smith, in the 
Botanical Gardens, Regent’s Park, where, in the nest of one of 
these birds, he one year discovered a Cuckoo’s egg. 
Sepce Warsier, Salicaria phragmitis.—A casual summer 
visitor. Recorded as seen in the Regent’s Park. 
The GreaTER WuitTeTHROAT, LEsszER WHITETHROAT and 
GaRDEN WaRBLER are all casual summer visitants to the London 
parks and gardens, and are not unfrequently observed in the 
Regent’s Park. 
Buacxcap, Sylvia atricapilla. — Also a summer visitant. It 
breeds in the Zoological Gardens (Bartlett), and one or two pairs 
are to be found every summer in Kensington Gardens. A small 
shrubbery near the round pond was always tenanted by a pair of 
these birds. This shrubbery, alas! having been made “ beautiful 
for ever,” the birds have departed. The flower walk is another 
locality ; also the gardeus behind Prince’s Gate. 
The Woop Wren, Wittow WreEN and CHIFFCHAFF are all 
spring visitors to the London parks and gardens. The last- 
named may be often heard in the gardens in Belgrave Square. 
GOLDEN-CRESTED WREN, Regulus cristatus.—A casual visitor, 
and has been noticed in the Zoological and Botanical Gardens, 
Regent’s Park, and in Queen Square, Bloomsbury. 
TREE CREEPER, Certhia familiaris.—A casual visitor. For- 
merly a resident in Kensington Gardens. One noticed in these 
gardens in 1877. 
Nuruatren, Sitta cesia.—Now a casual visitor. <A few years 
