. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. TURDIDM— WARBLERS. 83. COMMON VVHITETHROAT Whitethroat: Sylvia cinerea. Locally, "Haychat"or"; A very common summer visitor, arriving early in April and staying till September. I have, on one oc- casion, known it occur in Essex in mid-win- ter, a fresh specimen havino^ been found dead by the gardener on a heap of coals in an outhouse at the residence of my friend Mr. H. Corder, at Great Baddow, on or about Dec. 22nd, 1886, after a heavy snow- storm. This is a most remarkable oc- curre
. The birds of Essex: a contribution to the natural history of the country. Birds. TURDIDM— WARBLERS. 83. COMMON VVHITETHROAT Whitethroat: Sylvia cinerea. Locally, "Haychat"or"; A very common summer visitor, arriving early in April and staying till September. I have, on one oc- casion, known it occur in Essex in mid-win- ter, a fresh specimen havino^ been found dead by the gardener on a heap of coals in an outhouse at the residence of my friend Mr. H. Corder, at Great Baddow, on or about Dec. 22nd, 1886, after a heavy snow- storm. This is a most remarkable oc- currence. I find the following among Dr. Bree's notes (32a) :—"1871 —A nest with four eggs in quick-hedge in garden ; began to sit May 23rd ; young hatched June 3rd ; skedaddled on the ; Mr. Stacey, of Dunmow, has a remarkable variety which has the feathers of the bastard-wing white on both sides. Blackcap A fairly- common sum- mer migrant, occurring, I believe, throughout the county. It arrives about the middle of April and de- parts in Sep- tember. Mr. Buxton says (47. 90) it is " common in the Forest and in gardens, but es- pecially in Wan- blackcap, y^. G2 Sylvia Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Christy, Miller, b. 1861. Chelmsford, E. Durrant & Co. ; [etc. , etc. ]
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