was the wall of a houfe, which had been whitened ; as foon as 

 they perceived a fly to fettle on the wall, they darted with 

 aftonifhing rapidity at it, and moft generally were fuccefsful, 

 when they returned with it to their old ftation. If difap- 

 pointed in their aim, they flew to the ground, and did not 

 go to the branch again till they had retrieved their lofs ; they 

 continued to frequent the fame fpot till the third week in 

 September, fince which we have not feen them. 



In the fame tree, the wryneck and the fpotted fly-catcher 

 alfo bred, and at the bottom of the fliump, which is on the 

 fide of a pond, was the nefl: of the yellow wagtail. 



We never noticed any other kind of note than the one 

 before named; its general habits and manners correfpond 

 very nearly with thofe of the whin-chat and ftone-chat. 

 We are unacquainted with its eggs. 



Provincial name Goldfinch. 



