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after, and having caught it, returns to its place, and this I have 

 observed the bird to do many times together ; has the reputation of 

 eating cherries, but the fact does not seem to be well ascertained : 

 be this as it may, this bird is known in Kent by the name of 

 Cherry Sucker, also Bee Bird ; and Beam Bird, from its manner of 

 building.* The note is weak, scarcely more than a chirp, but Mr. 

 Bolton, on supposition of its having a warbling note, has entered it 

 among his song birds. It appears, according to Colonel Montagu, 

 to be more generally diffused in England than the Redstart, being- 

 met with in several parts of Cornwall, while the last named is rarely 

 seen ; and it is more common, too, in the West of Devonshire. 



This species frequents the wanner parts of the European Conti- 

 nent, but rarely more northward than our kingdom ; said to come 

 into Sweden in April ;f in the South of Russia is pretty common, 

 and a smaller Variety found beyond Lake Baikal ; met with, also, 

 in the wilds of the Province of Ghilan, in Persia, feeding on insects; 

 is common both in France and Italy, but how much farther South is 

 not clear; it comes, however, into Gibraltar, about the middle of 

 April, but often much later, being the last of the summer birds, as 

 it is with us ; and is generally accompanied by the Blackcap, Wheat- 

 ear, Stapazino, and Redstart; supposed to retire early, as it never 

 appears there in autumn ; is rarely observed about the town, or hill, 

 but chiefly in the enclosed grounds, where shrubs grow. 



2.— MELODIOUS FLYCATCHER. 



Muscicapa Aedon, Ind. Orn. ii. 478. Gin. Lin. i. 947. Pall, reise, iii. 695. 11.* 

 Melodious Flycatcher, Gen. Si/n. Suj}. ii. 215. 



SIZE of the Reed Thrush. Plumage above ferruginous brown, 

 beneath yellowish white ; tail cinereous brown, pretty long, the two 

 middle feathers equal in length ; the others much shorter. 



* Colonel Montagu adds the name of Chanchider. — Orn. Diet. 



f Mr. Pennant, Arct. Zool. App. 64. Not mentioned in the Fauna Suecica. 



