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
