. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. THE WHEATEAR. {Saxicola cenanike.) ONE of the earliest of our feathered visitors to arrive is the Wheatear, which comes to us as a rule in the second week of March ; and, although individuals have been seen and procured occasionally at a much earlier date, there is reason to believe that the spring migra- tion does not set in before this, and that the birds met with previously are such as have wintered in this country; for it has been well ascertained that the Wheatear, like the B. Ple
. Our summer migrants. An account of the migratory birds which pass the summer in the British Islands. Birds. THE WHEATEAR. {Saxicola cenanike.) ONE of the earliest of our feathered visitors to arrive is the Wheatear, which comes to us as a rule in the second week of March ; and, although individuals have been seen and procured occasionally at a much earlier date, there is reason to believe that the spring migra- tion does not set in before this, and that the birds met with previously are such as have wintered in this country; for it has been well ascertained that the Wheatear, like the B. 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 Harting, James Edmund 1841-; Bewick, Thomas, 1753-1828. London, S. Sonnenschein & co.
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