88 THE BIRDS OF KENT 



16, 1854, for the first seen at Burnt-Ash Farm, Kent. 

 Mr. H. Lamb states that " this bird is to be found near 

 the river in places round Maidstone. I have several eggs 

 from Allington Woods, about two miles from the town." 



During his bird's-nesting in Kent, in 1875, Dr. A. G. 

 Butler found this species breeding at Murston, and 

 describes the eggs. " On May 29 found a variety mottled 

 like White-throat's eggs ; Murston, May 26, I cannot 

 identify this with any other species ; the nest was of the 

 usual type." It has also been observed and obtained in 

 various localities, as follows : Bethersden, Captain J. D. 

 Cameron. Summer visitor to the Higham and Mailing 

 Valley districts, Eev. C. H. Fielding. It is abundant in 

 the Stourmouth Marshes, G. Dowker ; Nonington and 

 Wingham, W. 0. Hammond ; Elmstone, Kev. W. B. 

 Delmar ; Walmer, Kev. B. Austen ; Folkestone, H. 

 Ullyett ; Dover, C. Gordon, Dr. Plomley and G. Gray. 



In the report on the immigration of summer residents 

 in the spring o£ 1905, published in the Bulletin of the 

 B.O.C., 1906, the Sedge-Warbler arrived on April 22, 

 May 7, 8 and 24, in Kent. 



Genus LOCUSTELLA, Kaup. 



GEASSHOPPEE WAEBLEE. 



Locustella ncevia (Boddaert). Table des PI. Enl., 

 p. 35. No. 581 (1783). 



Cricket-bird. 



The Grasshopper Warbler is far from being a common 

 bird in Kent, and it prefers certain localities in which 

 the old undergrowth of vegetation is most dense. It 



