The illustrations, from designs by Thomas Bewick, will, it is conceived, add considerably to the attractiveness of the volume, and will enable the reader to dispense with particular descriptions of the species, which it might be otherwise desirable to furnish. These may be found, moreover, in other works devoted to British Ornithology. James Edmund Harting. July, 1875. [Illustration: Decorative glyph] CONTENTS. Page The Wheatear 1 The Whinchat 9 The Stonechat 13 The Wood Warbler 16 The Willow Warbler 24 The Chiff-chaff 28 The Nightingale 32 The Blackcap 44 The Orphean Warbler 51 The Garden Warbler 59 The Common Whitethroat 67 The Lesser Whitethroat 71 The Redstart 74 The Sedge Warbler 81 The Reed Warbler 83 The Grasshopper Warbler 86 Savi’s Warbler 88 The Aquatic Warbler 91 The Marsh Warbler 92 The Great Reed Warbler 101 The Rufous Warbler 103 The Pied Wagtail 106 The White Wagtail 110 The Grey Wagtail 112 The Yellow Wagtail 117 The Grey-headed Wagtail 121 The Meadow Pipit 124 The Rock Pipit 130 The Tree Pipit 135 The Water Pipit 138 Richard’s Pipit 142 The Tawny Pipit 146