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its deep melodious tone. I found him busily engaged 

 among the young buds of the underwood oak." The 

 Garden Warbler is among the Birds Observed at Bain- 

 ham by Mr. W. H. Power, 1865. He says it " arrived 

 this year on May 3. It is common in the orchards and 

 plantations, where in early summer it is constantly heard, 

 though seldom seen, owing to its retiring habits." On 

 May 14, 1902, a Garden Warbler was obtained, and this 

 bird had been heard a week previously, giving May 7 in 

 the Orlestone district for its first appearance. 



In Boys' History of Sandwich, 1792, the Garden 

 Warbler is included in the birds of that district under 

 the name of Greater Petty-chaps. 



According to the Eev. J. Pemberton Bartlett in his 

 Ornithology of Kent {Zoologist), 1844, the Garden Warbler 

 was " not uncommon." It is also among the Birds of 

 Highain, according to the Rev. C. H. Fielding, 1882. 

 In the Stourmouth district it is moderately common, 

 G. Dowker; Nonington, W, 0. Hammond; Dover, C. 

 Gordon and G. Gray ; Folkestone, H. Ullyett ; Dover, 

 Plomley Collection. In the Birds of Bainham, Mr. W. 

 Prentis observes that " The Garden Warbler was frequent 

 in our gardens." Bethersden, Captain J. D. Cameron. 

 Mr. E. T. Filmer says the Garden Warbler is rare in 

 the Orlestone district. What few birds have been 

 noticed have been near the bottom of Bourne Wood 

 towards the village of Ham Street. 



In Mr. A. G. Butler's Bird's-nesting in Kent, 1875, 

 he mentions the places and dates of nests procured : 

 " Canterbury, June 14, 1875 ; Barming, June 8. The 

 examples of eggs taken at Barming are very pale, the 

 markings have a washed-out appearance, apparently not 

 being on the surface of the shells." 



