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caught and silver wire put round the legs. See 

 Field, April 18, 1863. Some practical remarks on 

 catching and keeping Nightingales will be found in 

 Rennie's Field Naturalist, i. p. 224. 



There is no evidence to show that the Greater 

 Nightingale of Eastern Europe, the Sprosser of 

 German naturalists, has ever visited this country. 



BLACKCAP. Sylvia atricapilla (Linna3us). PI. 8, figs. 

 1, 2. Length, 5-75 in. ; wing, 2-75 in. ; tarsus, -9 in. 



A summer migrant, but occasionally met with 

 in England in the winter, though the Marsh Tit is 

 sometimes mistaken for it. In the hen bird the 

 cap is brown instead of black. Rare in Scotland ; 

 a specimen was captured at Balta Sound, Shetland, 

 in October 1865 (Saxby, Zool, 1865, p. 9438). 

 Also rare in Ireland, and apparently unknown in 

 the north-west (Brooke, Field, April 1871). A 

 good account is given of this bird by Blyth in an 

 article on British Warblers in Rennie's Field Natu- 

 ralist, vol. i. pp. 134-138. 



GARDEN WARBLER or PETTYCHAPS. Sylvia 

 hortensis (Bechstem). PI. 8, figs. 3, 3a. Length, 

 5*5 in. ; wing, 3 in. ; tarsus, '8 in. 



A summer migrant to England and the south 

 of Scotland. In Wales it is common in Cardigan- 

 shire in suitable localities, but rare in Pembroke- 

 shire, although it has been found breeding in the 

 latter county, and in Breconshire. In Ireland it 

 is stated by Thompson to be extremely rare ; and 



