16 THE BIRDS OF DEVONSHIEE. 



ULACKCkF.—Si/Ivia atricapiUa, (Linn). 

 A SUMMEE visitant, more plentiful in the centre and 

 south of the county than on the north coast, though 

 its rich song and loud warning note readily reveal 

 its presence in the breeding season. Its occurrence 

 in winter is reported by Dr. Elliot, who met with a 

 bird of this species near Kiugsbridge, in February, 

 1889. 



GARDEN WARBLER.— ;S'//fe;V< hortensis (Beclist). 



A SUMMER visitant, fairly distributed but not very 

 numerous, though its retiring habits may cause it to 

 be overlooked, in spite of its rich and pleasing soDg. 



DARTFORD ^N KKEljE'R.—MeUzophUus undatus, (Bodd). 



A RARE and partial resident, first observed in the 

 county by Montagu, in 1802, who emphasised 

 its comparative scarcity, finding it absent from 

 extensive tracts of furze such as seemed well adapted 

 to its habits, and remarking that it was usually 

 found within a few miles of the coast. Specimens 

 have from time to time been obtained in several 

 localities, as at Budleigh Salterton, where one was 

 shot by Mr. H. S. Percival, in 1871. (E. Parfitt) ; at 

 Lym^ostone, from whence a specimen was sent to 

 the Exeter Museum, in 1874 ; at Bickleigh Vale and 

 Withy-hedge, near Plymouth. In recording the 

 capture of a specimen at Mount Batten, in November, 

 1877, Mr. Gatcombe remarked that the Dartford 

 Warbler was to be met with in the furze brakes of 

 that locality almost every year. Mr. Mitchell 



