ROCK- THR USH- WHEA TEAR. 
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\G'£.^\}^—Monticola. 
Mont kola saxatilis, Rock-Thrush. 
The record of the occurrence of this bird in the Isle of 
Wight ^ must be considered quite insufficient.] 
Genu S — Saxicola. 
8. Saxicola cenanthe. Wheatear. 
White-Rump. Horse-Match. Horse-Musher. 
A summer visitor. 
Plentiful in most parts of the Central Hill district of 
the county, and in the Isle of Wight ; also found in suit- 
able localities in the northern woodlands and in the New 
Forest. 
It arrives about the second week in March and leaves 
again in the beginning of the autumn. The extension of 
this bird's range is noticeable ; as the cultivated parts 
of the Central Hill district revert again to downland, 
through neglect of cultivation, so wheatears appear and 
increase abundantly. 
Gilbert White says = that some " continue with us the 
winter through," but there are no later records of its 
having been noticed during this season. One of the 
earliest dates of arrival is noted by Dr. Cowpcr,^ who saw 
' " Zoologist." 1867. 
' Letter xxxix. to Pennant. Selborne. November 9th, 1773. 
3 « ' Hants Court Guide. " 1 897. 
