so HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS 



Prof. Newton in Yarrell's 4th ed., vol. i. p. 397, it 

 was found that, with the exception of a single leaf 

 of Cladium, the whole fabric consists of Glyceria 

 aquatica. See the notes on this species in a me- 

 moir of Frederick Bond (Zool, 1889, p. 413). 



The last recorded specimen of Savi's Warbler met 

 with in England was obtained at Surlingham Broad 

 in June 1856. (Stevenson's "Birds of Norfolk," 

 vol. i. p. 386.) 



NIGHTINGALE. Philomela luscinia ^ (Linnaeus). PI. 7, 

 figs. 1, la. Length, 6-5 in. ; wing, 3-3 in. ; tarsus, 

 1 in. 



A summer migrant ; very rare north of York- 

 shire, and a fortiori in Scotland. Unknown in 

 Ireland. In Wales has been recorded as having 

 occurred once in Montgomeryshire [Field, Dec. 30, 

 1882), and once near Llandyssil, in Cardiganshire, 

 on May 18, 1894 {Field, June 2, 1894). Said to 

 be unknown in the extreme west of Devon and in 

 Cornwall. 



In the Channel Islands one was heard in full 

 song in April 1894 by Mr. E. D. Marquand at 

 Saints Bay, Guernsey. [Trans. Guernsey Sac. 

 Nat. Sci, 1894.) 



That the Nightingale returns at times to the 

 place of its birth has been proved by birds being 



^ I cannot bring myself to discard, as some have done, the time- 

 honoured and classic name of "Philomel," associated as it is with 

 the observations of many old English naturalists, and referred to in 

 some of the most beautiful poems in the English language. 



