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record of its having been killed. I am not aware of its 

 having been seen in my part of the country. It is also very 

 rare in Denmark. Migrates. 



The Sedge Warbler (Saf- Sang are, or Sedge- Warbler, 

 Sw. ; S. Phragmitis, Bechst.J was common with us ; as it 

 also is throughout Sweden and Norway generally from the 

 extreme south of Sweden to beyond the polar circle. 

 Migrates. 



The Reed- Wren (Ror- Sang are, or Reed- Warbler, Sw., 

 S. arundinacea, Lath.) was not uncommon with us; and 

 several specimens shot in the reed-beds of the river Gotha 

 are now preserved in the Gothenburg museum. It would 

 seem to be little known in Scandinavia, and its limits are at 

 present unascertained. As its name denotes, its resorts are 

 reeds and rushes near to the banks of lakes and rivers. It 

 is very common in Denmark. Migrates. 



The Sylvia media (Malm, sub Calamoherpd, in the Pro- 

 ceed, of the Ac. of Sc. at Stockholm, 1851, p. 159). Until 

 recently this bird could hardly be said to belong to the Scan- 

 dinavian fauna ; but within the last two or three years, 

 specimens have been shot in the reed-beds of the Gotha ; 

 and the presumption therefore is, that it is not unknown in 

 other parts of the peninsula. 



The Sylvia palustris, Bechst. This bird is also nearly, or 

 altogether, new to the northern fauna. As, however, it has 

 of late years been found to breed in the reed-beds of the 

 Gotha, it is not improbable that, as with the Sylvia media, 

 it is an inhabitant also of other portions of the peninsula. 

 It belongs to the Danish fauna, though it is only recently 

 that it has found a place in it. 



The Nordisk Ndktergal, or Northern Nightingale (S. 



