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CALAMODYTA ARUNDINACEA (G. R. Gray}. Great Reed Warbler. 



Provinces III. IV. 



Subprovinc^^ 7 ?, 8, 12. 



Lat. 51-53. Germanic" type. Not in Ireland. 



Yarrell, in his second Supplement, records a nest taken near 

 Dorking ; and the bird has several times been killed in Kent. Mr. F. 

 Bond tells me that he has seen three eggs which were taken in Hert- 

 fordshire ; and he himself possesses two eggs which were sent to him 

 from Northamptonshire. 



LusciNlA PHILOMELA (Bonafi.}. Nightingale. 



Provinces I.-V. VIII. X. 



Subprovinces 2-15, 19, 20, 22, 23. 



Lat. 50-54. " Germanic " type. Not in Ireland. 



Nests in East Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, Monmouth, Hereford 

 (rarely), Shropshire (occasionally 11 , Stafford, Derby, York, and in all the 

 counties to the east of this line. 



The Nightingale is also thought to have once bred near Sunderland, 

 and has been heard at Carlisle. 



In the 'Zoologist' (p. 241) Mr. R. D. Duncan repeats his state- 

 ment that a pair of Nightingales were heard, and the male shot, in 

 Calder Wood, Mid Lothian, in the summer of 1826 a warm season. 



SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA (Latham}. Blackcap. 



Provinces I.-XVII. 



Subprovinces 1-28, 29, 30?, 31, 32. 



Lat. 50-o8. " English " or Southern type. 



Rare in Scotland, though it has been found nesting in many 

 different counties, especially of the two southern provinces. Beyond 

 the Forth, the nest has been found in Clackmannan (Dr. P. Brother- 

 sun}, in Perthshire (Col. Drummond-Hay}, in Banffshire a few pairs 

 every year (Mr. T. Edward}, in Dumbarton (Mr. R. Gray}, and in 

 Ross-shire (Mr. R. Danford]. 



SYLVIA HORTENSIS (Lath.}. Garden Warbler. 



Provinces I. -VI. VIII. -XIV. XV. ? XVI. ? 

 Subprovinces i, 2-15, 17, 18-28, 29 ?, 32 ? 

 Lat. 50-56. " English " or Southern type. 



Throughout England ; but scarce in Cornwall and Pembroke shire > 

 and I have no authority for its breeding in North Wales. 



Extends to the south, at least, of Scotland, perhaps to Argyle and 

 Perthshire. 



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