TURDIDAE— WARBLERS.
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Whitethroat: Sylvia cinerea. Locally, "Haychat"or"Hayjack."
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
having 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

COMMON WHITETHROAT, 1/3.
in garden ; began to
sit May 23rd ; young hatched June 3rd ; skedaddled on the 14th."
Mr. Stacey, of Dunmow, has a remarkable variety which has the feathers of
the bastard-wing white on both sides.
Blackcap

Sylvia atricapilla.
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, 1/2.