PASSE RES. ( 63 ) SYLVIIDM. 



THE GAEDEN WAEBLER 



GREATER PETTYCHAPS, FAUVETTE, GARDEN FAUVETTE. 



Sylvia scdicaria. 



Trees have their music, for the birds they shield 

 The pleasitig tribute for protection yield. 



Crabbe. 



This Warbler, like the last species, generally arrives in Ber- 

 wickshire from its southern winter quarters, from the third 

 week in April to the third week in May, and, like that bird, 

 it appears to be increasing in numbers and extending to 

 new districts. It was observed by me at Paxton, for the 

 first time, on the 23rd of May 1879. 



As it keeps itself closely concealed in the thickest foliage 

 of the deciduous trees and underwood of our copses and 

 deans, it is seldom seen ; and in many cases its presence 

 is only known to those who are acquainted with its song, 

 and can distinguish its notes from those of the Blackcap, 

 which they resemble. 



The Garden Warbler is rather scarce in the county, 

 but its notes may be heard in most of the woods which 

 surround the houses of the landed proprietors, and it like- 

 wise frequents plantations throughout the Merse,^ especi- 

 ally those which have plenty of low undergrowth in them. 



1 Mr. W. Evans has informed me that he saw it in the valley of the Whit- 

 adder in the summer of 1886, and in the woods of Whitehall in 1887. 



