YELLOW-BROWED WILLOW-WREN. 445 
bifasciata, a name coined on the spot for the unknown wanderer ; and it 
never occurred to any of the old Heligoland sportsmen, nor even to one 
of the young blowpipe-shooters, to call it any thing else but the ‘ Barred 
Willow-Warbler? 
“The custom of this bird to frequent the bushes in the small gardens 
close to the houses, where it is seldom safe to use a gun, is the reason why 
so few comparatively of the numerous examples which have been seen have 
been procured; and from the same custom arises the fact that so many 
which have been shot have not been preserved. When you have the chance 
of a safe shot, you frequently cannot get far enough off to avoid blowing 
the poor bird all to pieces. Besides this, it is by no means an easy bird to 
shoot. Few birds understand better how to conceal themselves, how always 
to keep sufficient foliage between themselves and the eyes of the eager 
observer to make a successful shot very difficult. 
“The interest attaching to the visits of this little bird to our western 
island is so great that I have extracted the following references to its 
appearance from my notebook, as an opportunity of making such obser- 
vations may never come again :— 
“1846, Oct. 4. A male; the first seen (shot). 
1847, Nov. 9. One seen. 
1848, Oct. 8. <A female shot. 
pan, Nowe9>: |}One:seen. 
1849, Apr. 25. A fine male shot. 
joo eept.20.,4 One seen. 
st » 20. One seen. 
1850, Oct. 1. One seen. 
» » 6. Apairseen. Female shot. 
” yacaoeOne'seen. 
> a etre ‘One'seen. 
1858, Oct. 12. One seen. 
Zz » 17. A male shot. 
1854, Sept.28. One seen. 
% >» 30. One seen. 
» Oct. 6. A young bird shot. 
1857, Sept.20. One seen in my garden. 
1858, Sept.22. A bird badly shot. 
» Oct. 12. One seen in my garden. 
1859, Oct. 7. A pair seen. One shot. 
rf » 8. .A fine male shot. 
5 » 13. A pair shot. One fine old male. Both in my 
collection. 
1861, Oct. 10. Three birds seen in Jacob Dehn’s willows. 
1868, Oct. 9. A male shot. 
