78 BUCKINGHAMSHIRE ORCHIDS. 
Phytologist i, 993, 0.8.; Fawley Woods; Cliefden woods, woods 
about Wycombe, goneral; Keep Hill, Chesham, Wendover, 
Drayton Beauchamp, Denham, etc. Flowers in May and tho 
beginning of June. 
From this list it will be seen that the Orehidacee chiefly affect the south 
of our county. This is, ina great measure, owing to the prevalence of a 
chalky soil; but it must be remembered that North Buckinghamshire is 
still unworked, and it is hoped that several species, at present unrecorded 
for that division, may reward those who will take up the subject. 
JAMES Brirren. 
Che Birds of Cookhiaw and the Neighbourhood, 
Continued from page 54. 
Genus CurRUCcA. 
51. Curruca hortensis. The Garden Warbler. 
We frequently meet with this species at Cookham, especially 
during the autumn, when the elder-berries are ripe. At that timo 
these birds congregate in the elder trees in company with the 
Blackcaps, and commit great havoc; I have seen as many as ten 
or twelve birds in a tree at the same time. A pair of Garden 
Warblers in my collection were procured by Mr. Briggs, on the 
7th of July, 1867, and were shot by him very early in the morning. 
They were both busily engaged in hunting for insects under the 
leaves at the top of an elm tree, and were feeding in company ; 
on dissection, however, they turned out to be both males. I re- 
member on one occasion finding a Garden Warbler’s nest at 
Steeple Gidding, in Huntingdonshire, built in an open scrub, far 
away from any other trees or bushes. 
_52. Curruca atricapilla. The Blackeap. 
As I have just mentioned, the Blackcap is often observed in the 
autumn in company with the foregoing species on the elder trees. 
It sometimes breeds in the grounds at Formosa, and one hen-bird 
