THE FAUNISTIC POSITION OF SPECIES. xUx 



where in the county. The Curlew and Snipe breed on many of 

 the moors^ especially in the northern part of the county. The 

 Woodcock has frequently nested, and often occurs so early in the 

 season that it may be looked upon as a regular breeder ; but the 

 great bulk of the Woodcock and Snipe are winter visitors^ as is 

 also the case with most of the Wild Duck and Teal. 



The Gannet, Oyster-catcher, Kittiwake^ Lesser and Greater 

 Black-backed Gulls, Storm-Petrel, Manx Shearwater^ Razorbill, 

 and PuJSin are almost all confined to Lundy Island in the breeding- 

 season. The Shag and Cormorant breed on both the north and 

 the south coast and on Lundy Island. There are more than a 

 dozen Heronries in the county. 



The Summer Migrants are thirty in number, as follows : — 



Eing-Ouzel. Wood- Warbler. Sand-Martin. 



Wheatear. Sedge- Warbler. Swift. 



Whinchat. Grasshopper Warbler. Nightjar. 



Redstart. White Wagtail. Hoopoe. 



Nighting lie. Yellow Wagtail. Cuckoo. 



Whitethroat. Tree-Pipit. Hobby. 



Blackcap. "Red-backed Shrike. Turtle Dove. 



Garden Warbler. Spotted Flycatcher. Quail. 



OhifFcbafF. Swallow. Corn-Crake. 



Willow- Warbler. Martin. Common Sandpiper. 



Of these the Ring-Ouzel and Common Sandpiper breed on 

 Dartmoor and parts of N.E. Devon bordering on the moors. The 

 Whinchat, Nightingale, Wood-Warblcr_, Grasshopper Warbler, 

 White Wagtail, Hobby, and Turtle Dove are local species, and 

 none of them are very numerous. The Nightingale finds its 

 western limit in this county, and has lately penetrated to the 

 extreme western boundary; and as it has been known to breed on 

 several occasions, we include it M'ith the regular summer migrants. 

 The Kcdstart, though most numerous in the north and cast of the 

 county, is occasionally found breeding in the extreme western 

 portion. Tiie Hoopoe occurs so frequently that it has claims to 

 be looked upon as a regular sumnu'r migrant, though it is not 

 common. It is said to have bred in the county. 



