SAVl's WARBLER 91 



nising it, had it not been for the name at the foot of the 

 page, for the artist has made both throat and belly black, 

 whereas those parts are white. The work referred to 

 originally belonged to Yarrell (who had made notes in it, 

 and added an English index), or I could have fancied the 

 prints had been tampered with." 



SAVI'S WAEBLEE. 



Locustella luscinioides (Savi). Nuova GiornaJe 

 cle' Litterati, vii., p. 341 (1824). 



The only record of this species having been found in 

 Kent is given by Mr. James Green, in the Zoologist, 1853, 

 who says : "I have now by me the nest and five eggs 

 of Savi's Warbler, which I took at Erith, in Kent, on 

 May 28, 1853." 



Mr. J. E. Harting, in his Handbook of British Birds, 

 1872, states that " the eggs have also been taken in 

 Essex, Kent and Devonshire." 



Professor Newton, in Yarrell's British Birds, 1871-74, 

 remarks that the late Mr. Green records {Zoologist, 

 1853, p. 2849 and p. 3945) nests taken at Dagenham and 

 Erith in 1850 and 1853 respectively. 



Genus ACCENTOR, Bechstein. 



HEDGE-SPAEEOW. 



Accentor modularis (Linnaeus). S.N., i., p. 329 



(1766). 



Dicky Dunnocks, Hedge Poker. 



The Hedge-Sparrow is very plentiful throughout the 

 county. It is to be found in every garden and hedge- 

 row, where it may be seen all the year round, and, like 



