BARRED WARBLER. Sylvia nisoria. 



Accidental visitor^ seven British records (5 English^ 1 Scotch_, 1 Irish). 

 Breeds in Europe east of the Rhine and south of St. Petersburg, Persia, 

 and Turkestan as far east as Yarkand. Winters in Central Africa. 



ORPHEAN WARBLER. Sylvia orpheus. 



Accidental visitor, only two British records (Yorkshire, Middlesex). 

 Breeds in Algeria, Central and Southern Europe, Asia Minor, Palestine, 

 Persia, and Russian Turkestan, Winters in North Africa and North- 

 west India. Eastern examples have large bills. 



BLACKCAP. Sylvia atricapilla. 



Summer visitor (occasionally remaining to winter) ; rare in Scotland, 

 rarer in Ireland. Breeds in the Azores, Canaries, Europe south of the 

 Arctic Circle, Asia Minor, Palestine, and West Persia. Winters in South 

 Europe and North Africa. 



GARDEN WARBLER. Sylvia hortensis. 



Summer visitor, rare and local in Ireland. Breeds in Europe south of 

 the Arctic Circle, North Persia, South-west Siberia. Winters in tropical 

 and Southern Africa. 



WHITETHROAT. Sylvia cinerea. 



Common summer visitor. Breeds in Algeria, Europe south of the 

 Arctic Circle, Asia Minor, Palestine, Persia, Russian Turkestan, and 

 South-west Siberia. Winters in Africa. 



DARTFORD WARBLER. Sylvia provincialis. 



Local resident in the south of England; unknown in Scotland or Ireland. 

 Resident in the south of France, Spain, Morocco, Algeria, Corsica, Sardinia, 

 Italy, Sicily, Egypt, and Palestine. 



