1919-] Birds in the North of France. 65 



Lanius collurio. Recl-baclced Slirike. 



Three birds, one of which was an adult cock and another 

 a young bird with a downy head, at Etaples on 31 July, 

 1918. To my surprise, I never saw this species elsewhere. 



Lanius senator. Woodchat. 



On 2 and 3 June at Ytres near Bertincourt fnot far from 

 Bapaume), in the ''Little Wood" and a meadow outside 

 the village. An adult with two young birds on 3 August, 

 1918, at Halloy near Doullens. 



Sylvia communis. Whitethroat. 



Common in the east of Somme in all places I visited in 

 summer, and also near Amiens. Last seen at Acliiet le 

 Petit on 4 September. 



Sylvia simplex. Garden- Warbler. 



Common in summer in Roisel, Ei)ehy, Havrincourt Wood, 

 and other places in the east of Somme. 



Sylvia atricapilla. Blackcap. 



Several in an orchard at Roisel on 18 May. 



Acrocephalus streperus. Reed-Warbler. 

 A, few by the Somme at Flixecourt near Amiens in July, 

 but not nearly so plentiful as the great reed-warbler. 



Acrocephalus arundinaceus. Great Reed- Warbler. 

 Common by the Somme at Flixecourt in July. 



Acrocephalus schoenobaenus. Sedge- Warbler. 



Several at Peromie in May ; at Flixecourt in mid-July. 

 Probably not uncommon in some parts, but I was not in 

 very suitable country during the summer. 



Hypolais icterina. Icteriue Warbler. 



Common in the battered villages in the east of Somme, 

 such as Ecquancourt, Villers Pluich, Trescault, Bertin- 

 court, in May and June. On 25 IMay I watched a pair 

 building in a lilac bush in Villers Pluich, but the place got 

 a bad pounding on the same evening and the nest was 



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