BIRDS. 
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Alauda pratensis.— Tit-lark . Common. 
Alauda campestris.— Rock-lark , or “ Sand-lark .” 
Very common on the coast. 
Alauda trivialis.— Tree-lark. Not so common 
as the other species, and less so than in some other 
counties. Summer. 
Motacilla alba_ Pied wagtail or “ Dishwasher .” 
Common the year through. Does not shift its quarters 
either in Devon or Cornwall. 
Motacilla boarula.— Grey wagtail. Common in 
autumn and winter. Rarely stays the summer to 
breed. 
Motacilla flava.— Yellow wagtail. Not uncom¬ 
mon. Summer. 
Sylvia luscinia.— Nightingale. Summer. Once 
heard near Kingsbridge by Montagu, and by my 
friend Mr. Bartlett, once at Brixham; according to 
Turton and Kingston, also near Dawlish,Ringmore, 
and Lindridge. 
Sylvia hortensis.— Petty chaps, or Garden War¬ 
bler. Not uncommon, and in some spots frequent. 
Summer. 
* Sylvia erithacus. Linn.— Red-tailed warbler. 
I am indebted to Mr. T. E. Gosling for making me 
acquainted with the fact of this species having been 
shot at Devonport. Six of these birds the only 
British specimens known, were shot in the Lines 
of that place at one time. This species is described 
correctly in Latham, excepting that the sides, under 
wing and tail coverts are in the present cases un¬ 
mixed with rufous, and are purely of a whitish grey. 
It is remarkable that whilst in Burgundy and Lo- 
raine they arrive in May and depart in October, 
these few specimens were secured in the end of 
November. 
Sylvia phaenicurus.— Redstart. Its occurrence 
with us is rare as compared to many other counties ; 
in Cornwall it has not I believe been ever known 
