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Delioar ; Folkestone, H. Ullyett. An interesting note 

 appears in the Zoologist, 1896, respecting this species, by 

 Captain Boyd Alexander : " The first appearance of the 

 Wood-AVarbler in the Cranbrook district this year is a 

 noteworthy incident. The favoured localities are certain 

 spots in the Angley and Bedgebury Woods, where tall firs 

 and beech trees grow. From these high points this dain- 

 tiest and prettiest of our Warblers proclaimed his arrival 

 on one sunny day near the end of April by the utterance 

 of his peculiarly fascinating song — a ting ' hip hip hip 

 hurra.' The first three syllables are given out with 

 distinct hesitation, a mere prelude wherein to gain 

 strength for the final outburst of song. This finale, 

 which rises in pitch towai'ds the end, and uttered with 

 wings shivering and head thrown back, has all the 

 appearance of being the expression of a deep passion of 

 joy. Then, as if weary with such a supreme effort, it 

 sluggishly flops to a fresh perch, and there gathers 

 strength for another demonstration of its musical capaci- 

 ties. The male of this species arrives here before the 

 female. And as soon as his song has attracted and won 

 a mate, they become less frequent, and cease altogether 

 when the young are hatched." 



Genus HYPOLAIS, C. L. Brehm. 



ICTEEINE WAEBLEE. 



Hijpolais icterina (Vieillot). Nouv. Diet. cVHist. 

 Nat., xi., p. 194 (1817.) 



Ornithologists are indebted to the late Dr. F. Plomley 

 for the only record of the occurrence of this species in 

 Kent. His account of it in the Zoologist, 1848, is as 



