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fourth edition of this standard work by Pro- 

 fessor Newton, who remarks : " In Scotland it 

 is known to breed regularly in the counties of 

 Dumfries, Wigton, Lanark and Berwick, the 

 Lothians and Perthshire, and occasionally in 

 those of Roxburgh, Selkirk, Renfrew and Stir- 

 ling." Mr. A. G. More, in an article " On the 



< 

 Distribution of Birds in Great Britain during 



the Nesting Season," published in the " Ibis " 

 for 1865, observes (p. 26), that the Wood War- 

 bler " in Scotland ranges further north than the 

 Chiff-chaff, having been observed by the Duke 

 of Argyle in Argyleshire and at Balmoral." 



According to Mr. Robert Gray, of Glasgow, 

 it has been observed in Inverness and Aber- 

 deenshire, and Mr. Edwards has found it in 

 Banffshire. 



Beyond the British Islands the Wood Warbler 

 is found throughout Europe, though rare in the 

 north, and it extends eastward to Siberia and 

 southward to Algeria, Egypt and Abyssinia. 

 It arrives in this country generally about the 

 middle of April, and leaves again in September. 



