Wheatear 
. JL August 1946 Thule, Greenland . As far as T ;>in _ 
concerned, the trip has been worthwile even if we 
were to start back tomorrow, for I saw - the birds I 
-hava-jaoat—wan t ed to see,_ever since I first—started. 
studying birds— Greenland vine at ears. The wheatear 
always seemed to ne to be one of the nost onolle of 
II. A. birds and one wlnich-Anerican- ornithologi:; ts _are | 
least likely to see. Today I saw four family groujs 
of wheatears"—the young full grown bub~IiilT sporting | 
patches of down .— They were among -the no s t curiou s--of 
birds we saw and several times individuals cane from 
a long distance to inspect us at close range. Lost 
-bird s s ee ra - - r e markably wary . —The- alarm-note of—tlie— 
wheatear sounds something like th at of the Garyland 
yellow-thr., but is louder and sharper; and a sharp 
vriiistle is i nj ected aft er-eve ry f ew notes.— i hey -are 
noticably thrush-like in form but th e conspi cuous 
white tail with black M T M and the tail wagging 
habit - confound this impression. They we r e noted in : | 
variety of habitats- i n the .jumbled rocks a top high 
ridges and along rocky streambanks. Total 7 (2,2,2,1 
/M r-4uA 
