1 8 Brogden : Birds of Spalding and S. Lines. Fenland. 



Saxicola oe nan the (L.). Wheatear. Only appears in the 



spring- and autumn migrations. 

 Pratincola rubetra (L.). Whinchat. An annual visitor; 



breeds regularly, and is fairly numerous. 

 Pratincola rubicola (L.). Stonechat. A few pairs appear 



and breed occasionally. 

 Ruticilla phwnicurus (L.). Redstart. Occurs very sparingly 



in the autumn. 



Erithacus rubecula (L.). Redbreast. Another bird generally 

 distributed and also apparently decreasing in numbers. The 

 eggs are subject to great variation, some quite white, others 

 hardly distinguishable from swallow's, and again others are 

 very similar to those of a red-backed shrike. ( 



Daulias luscinia (L.). Nightingale. Several have appeared 

 in Spalding during the last two years, and one is supposed to 

 have bred also in the neighbourhood of Holbeach. 



Sylvia cinerea (Bechstein). Whitethroat. Not nearly so 

 plentiful as one would anticipate ; breeds very sparingly. 



Sylvia cur rue a (L.). Lesser Whitethroat. Comparatively 

 rare. I have only found one nest in this district. 



Sylvia atricapilla (L.). Blackcap. A few pairs breed annually, 

 but appear more numerous in the autumn. 



Sylvia hortensis (Bechstein). Garden Warbler. Breeds 

 g-enerally in fair numbers every year throughout the 

 district. 



Regulus cristatus K. L. Koch. Golden-crested Wren. Have 

 found it breeding almost annually in Spalding, but it is most 

 numerous in the autumn migration. 



Phy/loscopus rufus (Bechstein). Chiffchaff. I have only 

 found it during the spring and autumn migrations. 



Phylloscopus trochilus (L. ). Willow Wren. Like the above. 



Acrocephalus streperus (Vieillot). Reed Warbler. Is fairly 

 plentiful. I counted five nests with eggs round one pond in 

 the first week in June 1895. I got a Cuckoo's egg from 

 a nest in this pond ; also a Cuckoo's egg from a Sedge- 

 warbler's nest at the same place. 



Acrocephalus phragmitis (Bechstein). Sedge Warbler. 

 Breeds throughout the district in suitable places. 



Accentor modular is (L.). Hedge Sparrow. Generally dis- 

 tributed throughout the district, breeding early ; appears 

 to be decreasing in numbers. 



Naturalist, 



