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Britain" (Bellamy, "Nat. Hist. South Devon," p. 

 205) ; although these are more likely to have been 

 the Black Redstart {Ruticilla tithys), which, as a 

 winter visitor, occurs not unfrequently in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Plymouth. 



ORPHEAN WARBLER. Sylvia orphea, Temminck. 

 Length, 6*25 in. ; bill, 0*6 in. ; wing, 3'25 in. ; tarsus 

 1 in. 



Hab. Central and Southern Europe ; India and South- 

 western Asia ; North Africa. 



Two seen, one shot, Weatherby, Yorkshire, July 6, 18 i8 : 

 Sir W. Milner, ZooL, 1849, p. 2588, and 1851, pp. 3107- 

 3111; Yarrell, " British Birds." Figured. 



A young bird caught near Holloway, Middlesex, June 

 1866, and kept alive for six months: Harting, Field, 

 April 22, 1871. 



A nest with four eggs believed to belong to this species, 

 taken in Notton Wood, Wakefield, June 1864 : Harting, 

 loc. cit. 



Ohs. From its resemblance to a large Blackcap, 

 this bird may well have escaped observation as an 

 occasional summer migrant to this country. 



BARRED WARBLER. Sylvia nisoria, Bechstein. Length, 

 6-25 in. ; bill, 0-7 in. ; wing, 3-5 in. ; tarsus, 0*9 in. 



Hah. Central and Southern Europe; South Russia 

 and Turkestan ; wintering in Africa, and passing on migra- 

 tion through the South of France, Italy, Greece, and Asia 

 Minor. 



One in a garden at Cambridge, " many years ago " : Prof. 



Newton, Proc. ZooL Soc, 1879, p. 219. 

 One, Broadford, Isle of Skye, Aug. 16, 1884: G. D. Lees. 



