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Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in Europe from about 64° - 65° 

 in Scandinavia and north Russia to Mediterranean, east to Ural 

 and apparently to Caucasus, Asia Minor and Persia, but absent from 

 Spain. Winters principally in north-east Africa. Replaced by 

 other races in Siberia and central Asia, and Khirgiz Steppes. 



SYLVIA MELANOCEPHALA 



149. Sylvia melanocephala melanocephala (Gm.) — THE 

 SARDINIAN WARBLER. 



Sylvia melanocephala Gmelin, Syst. Nat., i, ii, p. 970 (1789 — Sardinia). 

 Sylvia melanocephala, C. B. Ticehurst, Bull. B.O.C., xix, p. 105 ; T. 

 Parkin, Brit. B., i, p. 86 ; Saunders, p. 46 (in text). 



Distribution. — England. — One, male, near Hastings (Sussex), June 

 3, 1907 [ut supra). A bird seen at Exmouth (Devon) April 16, 1890, 

 may possibly have been of this species (c/. Saunders, p. 46). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Breeds in south Europe, Asia Minor, 

 and north-west Africa, and winters partly in same countries, partly 

 in Sahara, Palestine, and Nubia. Replaced by allied races in 

 western Canaries, and Syria, the latter race also wintering in Nubia 



SYLVIA CANTILLANS* 



150. Sylvia cantillans cantillans Pall.— THE SUBALPINE 

 WARBLER. 



Sylvia cantillans Pallas, in Vroeg's Cat. Verzani. Vogelen, etc., Adum- 



bratiuncula, p. 4 (1764 — Italy). 



Sylvia subalpina Bonelli, Saunders, p. 53. 



Distribution. — Scotland. — Two. One St. Kilda (0. Hebrides) 

 June 14, 1894 (Sharpe, Bull. B.O.C., iv, p. ix.). One Fair Isle 

 (Shetlands) 1908 (W. E. Clarke, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 1909, p. 72, 

 and cf. Brit. B., 11, p. 422). 



Distribution. — Abroad. — Italy, Sardinia, Corsica, Sicily, southern 

 Alps to Savoy, south-east France, Spain, and Portugal. Replaced 

 in north-west Africa, and in south-east Europe, and Asia Minor, by 

 allied races. 



* With the unfortunately unavoidable acceptance of the names in 

 Vroeg's Catalogue, rediscovered some years ago by Mr. Sherborn, it becomes 

 necessary to adopt the name cantillans, which has 56 years priority over 

 subalpina ! — E.H. 



