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Warblers.


Garden Warbler. —Did not sing till rather late (1918). Saw it in

Kent and in suburban gardens for fruit, with Whitethroats. Turned

up in usual quantities and heard it in South Wales.


Blackcap. —Saw and heard cocks in Kent, East Anglia, and

Monmouthshire. Good accounts of it in usual spots.


Whitethroat.- —Good broods everywhere.


Lesser Whitethroat. —Plenty in such localities as favoured by it.

This, with its congener, went for raspberries rather painfully in South

London in July and August.


Grasshopper Warbler. —Heard it early in Kent, but was unable

to go where several pairs usually appear. Fine weather and trippers

were accountable for shifting it on a North Kent common, where it

always passes and stays in the spring.


Dartford Warbler. —One good neighbourhood has been spoiled

by fires and military necessities. Am not now in touch with a friend

in that district who has watched it annually.


Sedge Warbler. —Saw good broods with parents in Monmouth¬

shire.


Reed Warbler. —Heard and saw it in South Wales, Hunts, and

Suffolk, and Essex border. As usual.


Marsh Warbler.- —Have not been where one might expect to

find it, and when near Ouse did not go on punt.


Willow Wren. —Should think it must exist in countless numbers

wherever it goes. Breeds right up to Suburbia. Courtship of this

species observed in Roehampton ; quite idiotic, but doubtless pleasing

to Willow Wrens.


Chiffchaff. —Noticed plenty early, and met with it almost

everywhere. Many strong broods noticeable in North and South

Wales.


Wood Wren. —Have been unable to visit my Surrey spots;

heard a few and saw this and its two congeners in one small hillside

wood in Monmouthshire.


Wrens and Oddments.


Wren. —Plentiful everywhere, bred early and late, many good

broods successfully dispersed.



