Birds. 1307 



Wheatear, Saxicola cenanthe. Common in summer in the open 

 parts of the county, and breeds with us. It arrives about the third 

 week in March, and departs in September. In Sir Thomas Brown's 

 1 Account of Birds found in Norfolk,' written at Norwich in the reign 

 of Charles the Second, it is mentioned that the wheatear was " taken 

 with an hobby and a net." 



Grasshopper Warbler, Salicaria locustella. Breeds in Norfolk, ar- 

 riving in April and departing in September, but is not common. 



Sedge Warbler, Salicaria phragmitis. Common in summer, and 

 breeds with us. Its times of migration nearly correspond with those 

 of the last species. 



Savi's Warbler, Salicaria luscinioides. A bird of this species was 

 killed many years ago in the marshes near Norwich, by the Rev. James 

 Brown, and is mentioned by Messrs. Sheppard and Whitear,* under 

 the head of the reed warbler, as a variety of that bird. Mr. Brown 

 informs us, that this specimen was sitting on the upper part of a reed, 

 uttering its note, which was not unlike that of the grasshopper war- 

 bler, and also somewhat resembled the noise made by a spinning-wheel. 

 It appeared to be very shy, and when disturbed ceased to sing and 

 dropped down among the thick herbage, but soon re-ascended to its 

 former station and recommenced its notes. 



Nest of Savi's Warbler. 



Mr. Brown adds that this is the only living example that he has suc- 

 ceeded in observing, although he has frequently heard a note which 

 he believes to have been that of this warbler. 



* ' A Catalogue of the Norfolk and Suffolk Birds ; with Remarks.' By the Rev. 

 R. Sheppard and the Rev. W. Whitear. Published in the ' Transactions of the Lin- 

 nean Society,' 1825. 



