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One, Wells, Somerset, 1833 : Yarrell, 0/9. cit. 



One on the cliffs near Teignmoutli, Jan. 9, 1844: Hore, 



Zool, 1844, p. 566. Seen by Mr. D'Urban. 

 One at Berry Head, near Torquay, 1844 : Hore, Zool, 1845, 



p. 870. In the Torquay Museum. 

 One near Shoreham, Sussex, 1845, purchased by Bond at 



the sale of the Margate Museum. 

 Two, Lewes, Sussex, Dec. 26, 1857 : Porter, Zool., 1858, 



p. 5958; Borrer, "Bh*ds of Sussex," p. 51. 

 Two shot by Gatcombe near Plymouth, Jan. 10, 1859: 



Gatcombe, Zool., 1859, p. 6377. These birds had been 



previously seen on Dec. 20 and Jan. 8. 

 One near Cheltenham, 1860 : Col. Newman, Zool., 1860, 



p. 6889 ; Witchell, " Birds of Gloucestershire." 

 One near Scarborough, winter 1862-63 : Boulton, Zool., 



1863, p. 8766 ; Clarke and Roebuck, p. 23. 

 One seen on Snowdon, Aug. 20, 1870: H. Saunders, 



" Manual of British Birds," p. 95. 



06.s\ Mr. H. C Playne has given an interesting 

 description of his discovery of the nest and young 

 of the Alpine Accentor in June 1893 on the Engstlen 

 Alp (Zool, 1893, p. 309). See also Mr. Sclater's 

 notes on this bird as observed in the Riffel Alp, 

 Canton Valley, Switzerland (Zool., 1898, p. 475). 



BLUE-THROATED WARBLER. Cyanecula sueeica 

 (Limifeus). PI. 7, figs. 2, 3, 4. Length, 6 in. ; bill, 

 0'6 in. ; wing, 3 in. ; tarsus, 1 in. 



Hah. Northern Europe and Asia ; wintering in North 

 Africa, India, and South China, and occurring in the inter- 

 vening countries on migration. 



There are three forms of Blue-throated Warbler, 

 which have received separate names, and have been 

 treated as distinct species: — 



