WHINCHAT. 



PRATINCOLA RUBETRA (Linn.). 



Motacilla Rubetra, Linn. S. N. i. p. 332 (1776). 



Saxicola rubetra, Naum. iii. p. 903 ; Hewitson, i. p. 108 



Yarr. ed. 4, i. p. 344. 

 Fruticicola rubetra, Macg. ii. p. 273. 

 Pratincola rubetra, Dresser, ii. p. 255. 



A common and regular summer migrant to most parts 

 of Great Britain. 



Comparatively scarce in Ireland. 



