12 A CORNISH FAUNA. 



Golden Oriole, Oriolus gaTbula; not uncommon in the spring 

 months, and observed nearly every year at Scilly. 



Hedge Sparrow, Accentor modularis ; generally distributed. 



Eedbreast, Erythaca ruticilla; generally distributed. 



Eedstart, Phcenicura ruticilla; very rare westward of Exeter. 

 At Trebartha woods, in the parish of North-hill, nest and 

 eggs were also found and secured, and specimens of the bird. 

 Seen during the autumnal migration, at Scilly. 



Black Eedstart, P. Titliys ; not uncommon in the winter months 

 in immature plumage. Observed at Scilly. 



Stonechat, Saxicola rubicola ; generally distributed. 



Whinchat, S. rubetra ; rare and local ; eastern moors ; occasion- 

 ally in the neighbourhood of Penzance. 



Wheatear, S. cenanthe ; summer visitant. 



Grasshopper Warbler, Salicaria locustella ; summer visitant ; 

 rare. 



Sedge Warbler, S. phragmites ; summer visitant. 



Eeed Warbler, S. arundinacea ; several captured at Scilly, with 

 other summer migrants, in the autumn of 1849. 



Blackcap Warbler, Curruca atricapilla ; local ; summer visitant. 

 Song sweet, wild, and full. 



Garden Warbler, C. hortensis, Cornish ; summer visitant ; eastern 

 part of the county. Its habits, food, song, nest and eggs, 

 and general character, approach very near the former species : 

 — song rather more hurried, and sometimes garulous in ex- 

 pression, but the quality of voice quite equal, and the tones 

 deeper, some of its notes resembling the blackbird's song. 



Whitethroat, C. cinerea; summer visitant : commonly distributed. 



Lesser Whitethroat, C. garrula ; occasionally seen at Scilly. 



Wood Warbler, Sylvia sihilatrix ; summer visitant : common in 

 several localities in the eastern parts of the county, viz.- — 

 Trebartha Woods, where it breeds annually : only once seen 

 in the western district. This bird possesses two varieties of 

 song, quite different from each other : the first, and the most 

 usual, is the rapid jarring trill, from which it derives its 

 Latin name ; the second is a low whining, plaintive call, re- 

 peated two or three times, at uncertain intervals, resembling 

 the words " chea," "chea," "chea." 



Willow Warbler, S. trochilus ; summer visitant ; rather local. 



