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Warbler {A. phragmitis\ Grasshopper- Warbler {Locu- 
Stella naevia)^ while Savi’s Warbler (Loc, luscinioides) 
seems now to be extinct in England. 
Of Wagtails again the two most common English 
species differ from those of the Continent, the Pied 
Wagtail, Motacilla lugubris^ generally taking the place 
of the White Wagtail, M. alba^ which is universally 
distributed over Europe, but rather rare in England, 
the Yellow-headed Wagtail, Motacilla rayi (or better 
Jlamssima\ representing the Continental Blue-headed 
Wagtail, if. Jlava^ which is only a straggler to Great 
Britain, though not a rare one in Sussex, the Grey 
Wagtail, if. boarulaj again being the same as all over 
Europe. 
Of Pipits the common British species, Tree-Pipit 
{Anthus trivialis)j Meadow-Pipit {A. pratensis)^ Rock- 
Pipit (A. obscurus), and the rarer visitors, such as the 
Tawny Pipit {A, campestris\ are represented. 
Of the Thrushes we see a good collection, the 
Blackbird {Turdus merula)^ Song-Thrush (T. musicus\ 
Redwing {T, iliacus)^ Missel-Thrush (T. mscworus\ 
Ring-Ouzel {T. torquatus)^ Fieldfare {T, pilaris)^ all 
being present, and many of them beautiful pied 
varieties and albinoes. The Wheatear {Saxicola 
oenanthe)^ the Whinchat {Pratincola rubetra)^ and 
Stonechat (P. rubicolal) are also to be seen. Allied • 
to these is also the supposed finest songster of the 
world — though perhaps eclipsed ,by the North-Eastern 
Nightingale or Sprosser, Luscinia philomela and 
