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BARRED WARBLER. 

 Sylvia nisoria (Bcchstetn) 



Rare autumn visitant on migration southward, from North-west 

 Europe. 



The Barred Warbler nests in the north-west provinces of 

 the Continent, as also in central Europe, Turkey, South 

 Russia, Persia, and Turkestan, where it attains an altitude 

 of 10,000 feet. It winters in Central and North-east Africa. 



Of the twelve examples of this rare visitant which have 

 been recorded in the British Islands, four are from East 

 Yorkshire, and that portion, between Hull and the promontory 

 of Spurn, is the only district in the county which can lay claim 

 to its occurrence. 



The first Yorkshire specimen was a female in immature 

 plumage, obtained at Spurn by the Rev. H. H. Slater, on 

 28th August 1884, in an elder hedge by a potato garden 

 on the sand-hills, where it was very shy and difficult to 

 observe. This bird was exhibited at a meeting of the 

 Zoological Society on the 4th November following (P.Z.S. 

 1884, p. 447 ; Zool. 1884, p. 489 ; Nat. 1884, p. 91). 



The second example, also from Spurn, was shot on igth 

 October 1892, by the late G. W. Jalland of Hull, who thought 

 it might be a Bluethroat ; it was afterwards acquired by Mr. 

 W. Eagle Clarke for the Royal Scottish Museum (A. Newton, 

 P.Z.S. ist November 1892 ; J. Cordeaux, Zool. 1892, p. 424 ; 

 Nat. 1893, p. 14). 



The third occurrence was at Kilnsea, near Spurn, where 

 one was taken by G. E. Clubly on i3th November 1893 

 (J. E. Harting, Zool. 1894, p. 58 ; Nat. 1894, p. 15). This 

 specimen is in Mr. J. H. Gurney's collection. 



And the fourth, an immature female, was shot by Mr. 

 Darley of Hull, in his garden at Skirlaugh, on 3rd September 

 1894 ; his attention was first called to it by his wife, who 

 noticed it was a strange bird. (F. Boyes, Field t 29th 

 December 1894 ; Zool. 1895, p. 57 ; Nat. 1896, p. 196 ; 



