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eggs ; the two latter being very different from those of the 

 Reed Warbler. The range of the two species is similar. 



Sylvia nisoria (BecJistein). The Barred Warbler. An 

 example shot many years ago in a garden near Queen's 

 College, Cambridge, was exhibited by Professor Newton 

 before the Zoological Society (P. Z. S. 1879, p. 210). One 

 was killed in Yorkshire on the 28th August, and one in 

 Norfolk on the 4th September, 1884 (P. Z. S. 1884, p. 477). 

 The species breeds over the greater part of Europe up to the 

 south of Sweden, and about as far west as 6° E. long. 



TicHODROMA MUKARIA {LinncEUs). The Wall Creeper. 

 The occurrence of this remarkable species, so conspicuous 

 from the band of crimson on the wing, was made known by 

 Marsham, of Stratton-Strawless Hall, Norfolk, in a letter to 

 Gilbert White, dated October 30th, 1792 (Zool. s.s. p. 4664). 

 Mr. F. S. Mitchell has recorded another well-authenticated 

 example shot in Lancashire on the 8th May, 1872 (Zool. s.s. 

 p. 4839). Although an inhabitant of the mountainous por- 

 tions of Central and Southern Europe, Asia, and North 

 Africa, it is known to have straggled on several occasions to 

 such apparently unsuitable localities as the centre of the 

 commercial town of Nantes, on the Lower Loire, and I have 

 examined several specimens obtained there. 



AcANTHYLLis CAUDACUTA (Latham). The Needle-tailed 

 Swift. The two occurrences of this species in England are 

 noticed in vol. ii. p. 371. 



Caprimulgus ruficollis, Temminck. The Red-necked 

 Nightjar. For remarks on the occurrence of this southern 

 species in Northumberland, see vol. ii. p. 386. 



Caprimulgus ^egyptius (Licht). The Isabelline Nightjar. 

 On the 23rd of June, 1883, an undoubted example of this 

 south-eastern species was shot by the gamekeeper of Mr. J. 

 Whitaker, of Rainworth Lodge, near Mansfield, Nottingham- 

 shire, in whose collection it now is (Zool. 1883, p. 374). 

 The species is a native of North-eastern Africa and Western 

 Asia ; but this makes its sixth occurrence in Europe ; one 

 of them being in Heligoland. 



^GiALiTis vocifera {LiniKeus). The Killdeer Plover. 



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