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 k, 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 flump, 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 fl:one-chat. 
W e are unacquainted with its eggs. 
Provincial name Goldfinch. 
