66 BRITISH BIRDS. 



Northumberland. —Nesting at Chipchase in 1899 and 1900 

 (Abel Chapman, Bird Life of the Borders, 2nd ed., p. 145) 



The Lesser Whitethroat is a very rare bird in the northern 

 counties of Scotland, and has never been recorded before as 

 breeding so far north as Ross, nor has it before been recorded 

 as nesting in Northumberland. 



ORPHEAN WARBLER Sylvia orphea Temm. S. page 45. 



Sussex. — A female was shot near St. Leonards-on-Sea on 

 October 7th, 1903 (W. R. Butterfield, 5»/Z. B.OC. XIV., p. 16). 

 An immature male was picked up dead undsr telegraph wires 

 near St. Leonards on September 16th, 1905 (0. B. Ticehurst, 

 /.c, XVI., 35). 



These are the third and fourth records of the occurrence of 

 this species in the British Isles. 



GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia liortemis Bechst. S. page 49. 



Outer Hebrides, Flannan Islands. — One seen September 

 I6th, 1904 (W. E. Clarke, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist.. 1905, p. 15.) 



Fair Isle (Shetlands). — Small numbers during September, 

 1905 (W. E. Clarke, t.c, 1906, p. 20). 



The Garden Warbler is a very rare visitor to the Outer 

 Hebrides and Shetlands. 



BARRED WARBLER Sijlvia nisoria (Bechst.). S. page 51. 



Kent. — Two males obtained at Woodchurch on April 24th, 

 1907. These are the first recorded for Kent, and they are also 

 the first occurrences of this bird in spring, previous examples 

 having been obtained in the autumn (N. F. Ticehurst, Bull. 

 B.O.C., XIX., p. 89). 



Norfolk. — One identified by Pashley on September 13th, 

 1902 (J. H. Gurney, Zoologist, 1903, p. 133). 



Lancashire. — One shot near Fleetwood on August 20th, 

 1898 (W. R. Butterfield, Naturalist. 1899, p. 75). 



Lincolnshire.— A young female was shot at North Cotes on 

 October 17th, 1899 (G. H. C. Haigh, Knowledge, 1899. p. 278^; 

 another young female was shot in the same district on September 

 20th, 1902 (G. H. C Haigh, Zoologist, 1903, p. 363), and a third 

 example occurred in the same place on September 4th, 1905 

 (t.c, 1906, p. 133). 



Outer Hebrides. — A young bird was shot on Barra on 

 October 29th, 1900 (W. L.^MacGillivray, Ann. Scot. Nat. Hist., 

 1901, p. 114). 



Twenty-four occurrences in the British Islands of this species 

 have now been recorded. 



(To he continued.) 



