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uniform bluish green, with some minute specks of dull 
reddish brown; the length of the egg nine lines, and six 
lines and a half in breadth. Mr. Jenyns says, the young 
are hatched towards the end of May, and two broods are 
produced in the season. In the month of August, when 
fat, though smaller in size than the Wheatear, they are 
not otherwise inferior to it as an article of food for the 
table. 
Whinchats may rather be said to be general than nu- 
merous, and are usually seen in pairs only, till their young 
leave the nest. They are observed in all the counties 
around London; and in a southern and western direction, 
in Hampshire and Dorsetshire; but more rare in Devon- 
shire, and still more so in Cornwall. Montagu says they 
are plentiful in Somersetshire, Wiltshire, and Gloucester- 
shire; are observed in Wales; and, according to Mr. 
Templeton and Mr. Thompson, are regular summer visitors 
to Ireland. North of the counties surrounding London, 
the Whinchat is seen in Suffolk, Norfolk, Yorkshire, Dur- 
ham, and Northumberland; and, still further north, was 
seen by Mr. Selby in Sutherland, and by Mr. Macgillivray 
in the Hebrides; but is not included among the Birds of 
Orkney or Shetland. 
The Whinchat visits Denmark, and was observed by Mr. 
Hewitson to be rather numerous in those parts of Norway 
that were clear of wood; and, according to M. Nilsson, it 
arrives in Sweden by the end of April. It is found also, 
according to Pennant, in the temperate parts of Russia as 
far as the Uralian chain, but does not reach Siberia. In 
summer it is found over the whole of the South of Europe 
to the shores of the Mediterranean. It is seen at Genoa 
and in Italy on its passage to the south and east in Sep- 
tember ; it is seen also at Corfu, Sicily, Malta, Egypt, and 
