WHINCHAT. 



PRATINCOLA RUBETRA {Linn. 



Motacilla Rubetra, lAnn, S. N. i. p. 332 (1776). 



^axicola rubetra, Naum. iii. p. 903 ; Hewitson, i. p. 108 ; 



Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 344. 

 Fruticicola rubetra, Macg, ii. p. 273. 

 Pratincola rubetra. Dresser, ii. p. 255. 



A common and regular summer migrant to most parts 

 of Great Britain. 



Comparatively scarce in Ireland. 



