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year, on April 12, 1846, I heard and saw the birds. On 

 Monday, the 13th, I met with Meggy Whitethroat at 

 the old place. There he was, with his dark smoky head 

 and bright throat, magging as incessantly as ever. I had 

 not watched him long before np he went, jigging his long 

 tail and singing most happily." 



Mr. C. Collingwood states that the Lesser Whitethroat 

 was first noticed among the arrivals at Blackheath on 

 May 5, 1854. The first observed among the arrivals in 

 the Bilsington district was on April 23, 1902. Among 

 the arrivals recorded in the Bulletin of the B.O.C., the 

 Lesser Whitethroat came on May 1, 1905, Kentish Knock. 



In the Birds of Bainham, Mr. W. Prentis says it is 

 " not very numerous as a species." In the Stourmouth 

 district it is " moderately common," G. Dowker. Bethers- 

 den, Captain J. D. Cameron ; Nonington, W. 0. Ham- 

 mond ; Dover, C. Gordon ; Elmstone, Rev. W. B. 

 Delmar ; Walmer, Rev. B. Austen ; Dover, G. Gray ; 

 Folkestone, H. Ullyett ; Dover, Plomley Collection ; 

 Maidstone, H. Lamb. 



There are nests and eggs in the Maidstone Museum, 

 obtained at Boxley, Mailing, and Linton ; this latter nest 

 and five eggs were obtained in May, 1894, by Mr. H. J. 

 Colyer; it was built in a gooseberry bush. 



ORPHEAN WARBLER. 



Sylvia oj-j^Jiea, Temminck. Man. cVOrn., p. 107 



(1815). 



On the authority of Mr. G. Dowker, in his Birds of 

 East Kent, this bird is included in this series. He says, 

 "It is a very rare accidental visitor, and the only 



