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57. Calainoherpe phragmitis, Bechst. — Sivsanger. 

 Kjöbenhavn. Breeds, Observed at breeding-places May 

 i7th, probably much too late for first arrival. (W.) 



Herschendsgave. May 2d first song heard. (Hs.) 

 Mors. June iith nest with six eggs. (F.) 



58. Sylvia curruca, L. — Gjerdesanger. 



Kjöbenhavn. Breeds. April 29th one singing, May 

 ist others; none heard till.öth; thence more common. In 

 garden (where it breeds) first song May yth; singly in garden 

 several times through August^ last on 28th. (W.) 



Stevns L. H. September 8th one. (A.) 



59. Sjdvia cinerea, Bechst. — Tornsanger. 

 Kjöbenhavn. Breeds. First observed May lyth, singing. 

 (W.) 



Stevns L. H. September i8th one. (A.) 

 Nykjöbing, Mors^ in the plantation, May Sth one. 



60. Sylvia nisoria, Bechst. — Brystvatret Sanger. 



Nykjöbing, Mors, in the plantation. May 20th first. 

 May 3oth nest built ; June ist one egg. June ist another 

 nest, two eggs. June Sth five eggs in both nests. I took 

 the eggs of one nest, and already on June i4th the birds 

 had five eggs in a new nest, barely twenty feet away from 

 the first, built in quite the same manner, two feet from 

 ground in a small beech. (F.) 



61. Sylvia atricapilla, L. — Munk. 



Kjöbenhavn. Breeds. Observed in breeding-haunts May 



loth, probably too late for first arrival. Autumn, singly in 



garden September gth and 24th (both brown-headed). (W.) 



Stevns L. H. October iith two. (A.) 



Nykjöbing, Mors, in the plantation, May 6th one. (F."! 



62. Sylvia hortensis, Bechst. — Havesanger. 

 Kjöbenhavn. Breeds. First singing May 23d, some ; 

 after that common; this date, though late, is not extra- 



