66 A HAND-LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



Distribution. — England. — Seventeen authentic examples obtained, 

 and several others seen, chiefly Sept., but also Aug. and Oct., as 

 follows : Cornwall (Eddystone), one ; Hants, two ; Isle of Wight, 

 three ; Sussex, five and several seen ; Kent, one ; Norfolk, four and 

 one seen ; Leicester one. Ireland. — One Bull Rock Light (Cork) 

 Sept. 20, 1903. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Central and south Europe (but absent 

 from south of Balkan Peninsula), and north-west Africa. In south- 

 east Europe and Egypt on migration ; appears to occur in winter in 

 north-west Africa, but winter- quarters not known for certain. 



HYPOLAIS ICTERINA 



141. Hypolais icterina (VieiU.)— THE ICTERINE WARBLER. 



Sylvia icterina Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat., nouv. ed., xi, p. 194 

 (1817 — France). 



Hypolais hypolais, Seebohm, Hist. Brit. B., i, p. 381 ; and others. 

 Hypolais icterina (Vieillot), Yarrell, i, p. 360 ; Saunders, p. 75. 



Distribution. — England. — ^Fourteen obtained and a few others 

 seen, mostly Sept., but three June, two May, and one April. Isle 

 of Wight (St. Catherine's Light), one ; Sussex, two ; Kent, two 

 obtained, one seen (Kentish Knock Light) ; Norfolk, seven pro- 

 cured, two seen (all north coast) ; Yorks., one taken, another seen ; 

 Northumberland one. Scotland. — One Fair Isle, 1908, one Lerwick 

 (Shetlands), May 15, 1910. Ireland. — One, Dunsinea (Dublin), 

 June 8, 1856. 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Greater part of Europe (except extreme 

 north, west France, Spain, and Greece), and north-west Africa 

 (north Algeria) ; wintering in tropical Africa. 



HYPOLAIS POLYGLOTTA 



142. Hypolais polyglotta (Vieill.) — THE MELODIOUS 

 WARBLER. 



Sylvia polyglotta Vieillot, Xouv. Diet., nouv. ed., xi, p. 200 (1817 — 



France). 



Hypolais polyglotta (Vieillot), Saunders, p. 77. 



Distribution. — England. — Only three obtained. Male, Burwash 

 (Sussex), April 30, 1897 (Saunders, p. 77). Male, Ninfield (Sussex), 

 May 10, 1900 (W. R. Butterfield, Ibis, 1900, p. 569; c/. Brit. B., i, 

 p. 83). Male near Sandplace, Looe (Cornwall), May 12, 1905 

 (J. Clark, ZooL, 1907, p. 282; cf. Brit. B., i, p. 127). This, or the 

 Icterine, several times reported as seen and heard singing, notably 

 in Pembroke in summer 1886, and in south-east Devon near Lyme 



