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THE WHEATEAR. 



{Saxicola cenanthe.) 



ONE of the earliest of our feathered visitors 

 to arrive is the Wheatear, which comes 

 to us as a rule in the second week of March ; 

 and, although individuals have been seen and 

 procured occasionally at a much earlier date, 

 there is reason to believe that the spring migra- 

 tion does not set in before this, and that the 

 birds met with previously are such as have 

 wintered in this country ; for it has been 

 well ascertained that the Wheatear, like the 



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