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Sweden, as far up as Gotland, but never on the eastern 

 coast further than Scania, and is never seen in Norway. Is 

 not rare in the south-east of Finland, where it goes up as 

 far as Lipparvirti, in Kuopio Land. Is common also in 

 Denmark. Its principal home appears to be the east of 

 Europe. 



Figured by Dr. Bree as the ' ' thrush nightingale," but 

 Morris, in his " British Birds," figures the Sylvia turdoides, 

 Mey. (which belongs to the marsh warblers, and in Breeds 

 " List of European Birds " is called the thrush-like warbler) 

 as the " thrush warbler." 



The lusdola philomela, Keys, and Bias, (thrush nightin- 

 gale, Bree), is clearly a stranger to the British fauna. 



Nest and eggs much resemble those of the common 

 nightingale. Can nowhere be considered common in Sweden. 

 Said to sing as finely as the common nightingale. I never 

 had the luck to hear it. 



The common nightingale (L. Luscinia, Keys, and Bias.) 

 is not clearly identified in either Scandinavia or Finland, 

 but is known in Denmark, where it is, however, not 

 common. 



83. L. SUECICA, Keys, and Bias. ; S. CCERULECULA, Pall. 

 Blahaken. The Blue-throated Warbler. D. F. 



It is the opinion of Dr. Bree that the Swedish blue- 

 throated warbler, figured by him in his " Birds of Europe " 

 (and to which, by the way, he should have given the name 

 of the Scandinavian blue-throated warbler, for it is equally 

 common during the summer in Norway, Lapland, and Fin- 

 land), and which is characterized by having the spot on the 

 blue throat, yellow-brown instead of white, is nothing more 

 than a local variety of the British blue-throated warbler, 

 whose native home appears to be the south of Europe. But 

 before exactly agreeing with this opinion, which is also 

 entertained by many other naturalists, I should certainly 

 recommend a careful examination and comparison of many 

 specimens, in both summer and winter plumage ; and this, I 

 fancy, has never yet been done. I do not know what is the 



