Sylvia rubicola [The Stonechat].
Sylvia rubetra [The Whinchat].
Neither of these birds are very numerous with us; but they may occasionally be seen in suitable localities,—the first is with us all the year, and the other, though migratory, is occasionally seen in winter.
Sylvia œnanthe[The Wheatear].
A summer visitor. Wheatears generally appear on the sea-coast first, from whence they disperse inland. They are called with us the “Stone Chatterer.”
Sylvia phragmitis [The Sedge Warbler].
Comparatively rare. It is only of late years that this bird has visited us. How pleasant and enchanting it is to wander by the margin of the running stream either at latest even, or at earliest morn, or even during summer’s midnight hours, and hear the sedge warbler pouring forth his long harmonious song,—himself all the while hid in some neighbouring bush. See [pp. 51], [125].
Sylvia atricapilla [The Blackcap].
Rarer even than the last. A most noble songster, though I prefer the thrush.
Sylvia cinerea [The Whitethroat].