SOME THREATENED BRITISH 

 SPECIES 



"ITTE may aptly bring the first part of the present 

 volume to a close by a brief review of certain 

 species which, though not exactly threatened with 

 speedy extermination, are or have become suffici- 

 ently local to bring such a fate within the bounds 

 of probability. In almost every case, the species 

 concerning which these warning words are penned 

 have most to fear from the persecution of man, 

 from indiscriminate robbing of their nests, or 

 slaughter of the old birds themselves for the sake 

 of their skins. The professional dealer in objects 

 of this description is greatly to blame, but we think 

 the purchaser of his wares is worthy of greater 

 censure. 



Our first species is the Dartf ord Warbler {Sylvia 

 provincialis), which is not only a very local bird, 

 but one whose distribution in our area is extremely 



limited. It is a resident in most of the southern 



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