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The fly-catcher (stoparola) has not yet appeared: it usually breeds in my vine. The redstart begins to sing: its note is short and imperfect, but is continued till about the middle of June. The willow-wrens (the smaller sort) are horrid pests in a garden, destroying the pease, cherries, currants, etc., and are so tame that a gun will not scare them.

A List of the summer birds of passage discovered in this neighbourhood, ranged somewhat in the order in which they appear: Smallest willow-wren,         Linnaei Nomina          Motacilla trochilus. Wryneck,                                                                  Lynx torquilla. House-swallow,                                                        Hirundo rustica. Martin,                                                                      Hirundo urbica. Sand-martin,                                                             Hirundo riparia . Cuckoo,                                                                    Cuculus canorus. Nightingale,                                                              Motacilla luscinia. Black-cap,                                                                 Motacilla atricapilla. White-throat,                                                            Motacilla sylvia. Middle willow-wren,                                                Motacilla trochilus. Swift,                                                                         Hirundo apus. Stone curlew? Charadrius oedicnemus? Turtle-dove? Turtur aldrovandi? Grasshopper-lark,                                                     Alauda trivialis. Landrail,                                                                    Rallus crex. Largest willow-wren,                                                Motacilla trochilus. Redstart,                                                                    Motacilla phoenicurus. Goat-sucker, or fern-owl,                                          Caprimulgus europaeus. Fly-catcher,                                                                Muscicapa