BIRDS OBSERVED ON THE CALF OF MAN. 469 



Mistle-Thrush (Turdiis viscivorus). — One seen on a field near the 

 farm. 



Song-Thrush {T. musicus). — One or two in the Glen. 



Blackbird {T. merula). — Saw a number. In a gooseberry-bush out- 

 side the cottage where we lived was a nest with eggs. 



Wheatear [Saxicola cenanthe). — A few noted. 



Stonechat [Pratincola rubicola). — Pretty common, as on the main 

 island. 



Whinchat (P. rubetra). — We saw two ; one in the Grlen, one near 

 our cottage. The species has only once before been recorded in Man. 



KoBiN {Erithacus rubecula). — One seen in enclosures near the mouth 

 of the Glen. 



Whitethroat {Sylvia cinerea). — A good many, especially in the 

 Glen and about the cottage, with its adjacent bushes, where one was 

 heard singing. 



Garden Warbler {S. Jwrtensis). — We saw one bird of this species 

 among bushes in the Glen. The status of the Garden Warbler as a 

 Manx bird is very uncertain. 



Willow- Wren {Phylloscopus trochilus). — A few, very wild. (Some 

 of these might possibly be Chiffchaffs, but the latter appear to be rare 

 or local in Man, whilst P. trochilus is common and abundant.) 



Hedge- Sparrow [Accentor modularis). — A pair frequented the neigh- 

 bourhood of our cottage, and had young already on the wing. 



Meadow-Pipit (Anthus pratensis). — Common. 



EocK-PiPiT {A. obscurus). — Common. A nest with eggs con- 

 cealed behind a tuft of sea-spleenwort in a cavernous situation near 

 the sea. 



Spotted Flycatcher (Muscicapa grisola). — We observed one or two 

 in the Glen, and one frequented the bushes round the cottage. It has 

 seldom been noticed in Man. 



Swallow {Hirundo rmtica). — A few flying about near the Glen, in 

 the sunniest part of the islet. 



Sand-Martin [Cotile riparia). — One seen. 



Greenfinch (L/^urmMs c/i^om). — At the house of Lloyds' signal- 

 man (one of the disused lighthouses) was a specimen which had been 

 caught on the Calf shortly before our visit. 



Chaffinch [Frivfjilla ccelebs). — One was in song near the cottage. 



Linnet [Linota cannabina). — A few observed. 



Sparrow [Passer domesticus). — We noted it only at the farm. 



Starling [Stiirnus vulgaris). — Not uncommon ; about the farm and 

 elsewhere. We heard young calling from a hole in a gully on the 

 cliffs. 



