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Two instances only of tlic occurrence In England of this 

 prettily-marked Warbler have been recorded. The first bird 

 was shot on the boundary hedge of Newcastle Town Moor 

 in May 1826, and was presented by Mr. Thomas Embleton 

 to the Museum of the Literary and Philosophical Society of 

 Newcastle. This circumstance Avas, I believe, first noticed 

 by G. T. Fox, Esq. of Durham, in his Synopsis of the New- 

 castle Museum, page 298, and afterwards in the third volume 

 of the Zoological Journal, page 497. By the influence and 

 kindness of that gentleman, this specimen, with some other 

 birds of great rarity and interest, were exhibited a few years 

 ago in London, at one of the evening meetings of the Zoo- 

 logical Club of the Linnean Society. The occurrence of the 

 second specimen is recorded in the second volume of the 

 Naturalist, page 275, and is said to have happened in Dor- 

 setshire. 



This species visits the European Continent from the south 

 in the breeding season. It is observed in Italy on its pas- 

 sage northward in April, and again on its return in Septem- 

 ber, a straggler being occasionally seen in the winter. It 

 visits during the summer Provence, Spain, France, Holland, 

 Germany, and Prussia, going as far north as Russia, Siberia, 

 Finland, West Bothnia, and the most distant part of Swe- 

 den. It was seen by Mr. Hewitson in Norway ; but, ac- 

 cording to M. Nilsson, it is never seen in the lower or south- 

 ern part of Sweden, nor is it included among the birds of 

 Denmark. It appears to prefer the southern parts of France, 

 and is more abundant in Lorraine and Alsace than elsewhere, 

 in which latter-named country this bird is considered a deli- 

 cate article of food, and great numbers are caught for the 

 table. 



The food of this species is earthworms, insects, and ber- 

 ries; and its song is said to be pleasing. 



I have been favoured by Mr. J. D. Hoy, of Stoke Nay- 



