Birds. 1549 



April 5th. Blackcap (male), Sylvia atricapilla 

 „ 5tb. Wryneck, Yunx torquilla 

 „ 12th. Nightingale (male), Sylvia luscinia 

 „ 13th. Redstart (male), Sylvia Phcenicurus 

 „ loth. Blackcap (female), Sylvia atricapilla 

 „ 15th. Willow Wren, Sylvia trochilus 

 „ 15th. Swallow, Hirundo ruslica 

 „ 15th. Nightjar, Caprimulgus europceus 

 „ 21st. Greater Whitethroat, Sylvia cinerea 

 „ 21st. Cuckoo, Cuculus canorus 

 „ 27th. Lesser Whitethroat, Sylvia sylviella 

 „ 27th. Whinchat, Sylvia rubetra 

 „ 27th. Stonechat, Sylvia rubicola 

 May 6th. Swift, Hirundo apus 



„ 10th. Red -backed Shrike, Lanius collurio 

 „ 15th. Gray Flycatcher, Muscicapa grisola 

 Several of my friends first heard the nightingale on April 12th, Easter Sunday, one 

 day earlier than last year. There are several upon which I have not had an opportu- 

 nity of making any observation. Most of the above, nest in my garden and grounds. 

 Thrushes have this year nested some weeks earlier than usual : a brood of missel 

 thrushes were hatched in a bunch of missletoe growing upon a willow tree, near my 

 pond, on the 1st of April ; and I saw young song thrushes flying about my garden on 

 the 12th of April. — C. R. Bree ; Stowmarket,June 15th, 1846. 



Dates of arrival of Migratory Birds in Norfolk, Suffolk, and Cambridgeshire. 



1845. 

 Fieldfare, Stetchworth, Cambridgeshire. 

 Woodcock, Elden, Suffolk. 

 Hooded-crow, Stetchworth. 

 Redwing, Stetchworth. 



1846. 

 Stockdove, Elden. 



Black and White Wagtail, Eriswell, Suffol; 

 Lapwing, Stetchworth. 

 Chiffchaff, Stetchworth. 

 Wryneck, Stetchworth. 

 Ringed Plover, Barnham, Suffolk. 

 Wheatear, Elden. 

 Thick-knee, Elden. 

 Blackcap, Elden. 

 Nightingale, Elden. 

 Willow- wren. 



Redstart, Chippenham, Suffolk. 

 House-martin, Elden. 

 Sand-martin, Elden. 

 Swallow, Stetchworth. 

 Garden-warbler, Elden. 

 Greater Whitethroat, Stetchworth. 

 Ring Ousel, Elden. 



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