68 A HAND -LIST OF BRITISH BIRDS. 



DISTRIBUTION. England. Four obtained. Female shot and 

 another said to have been seen near Wetherby (Yorks.), July 6 3 1848 

 (thought to have been nesting). Young bird, said to have 

 been unable to fly, caught near Holloway (Middlesex), June, 1866 

 (Saunders, p. 45). Female shot near St. Leonards (Sussex), Oct. 7, 

 1903 (W. R. Butterfield, Bull. B.O.C., xiv, p. 16). Young bird 

 picked up near same place Sept. 16, 1905 (C. B. Ticehurst, op.c., 

 xvi, p. 35 ; cf. Brit. B., i, p. 56). 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. South-west Europe and north-west 

 Africa, through central parts of France in small numbers, north to 

 Luxembourg and Metz, west Switzerland, Italy, and Sicily. Winter- 

 quarters must be Africa, but not actually known. Replaced by a 

 closely-allied form in Asia Minor, Turkestan, Afghanistan, Persia to 

 Gilgit, west to Dalmatia, Herzegovina, Montenegro and Greece, 

 wintering in India, Arabia, and north-east Africa. 



SYLVIA BORIN* 



145. Sylvia borin (Bodd.) THE GARDEN-WARBLER. 



MOTACILLA BORIN Boddaert, Tabl. PI. Enl., p. 35 (1783 ex Daubenton, 

 PI. Enl. 579, 2 France). 



Sylvia salicaria (Linnaeus), Yarrell, i, p. 414; Sylvia hortensis nee 

 Bechstein, Saunders, p. 49. 



DISTRIBUTION. England and Wales. Summer-resident (end April 

 to Sept.). Generally distributed, but rather local and not known 

 to breed in west Cornwall (rare casual visitor to Scilly Isles), nor 

 in parts of Pembroke, and rare Anglesey and west Carnarvon. 

 Scotland. Rather local in Solway area, common in Clyde and 

 Forth areas, and in south Perth., north of which not known to breed, 

 and has rarely occurred. In Shetlands one obtained and another 

 record doubtful. In Fair Isle fairly common on both spring- and 

 autumn-passages, and in Orkneys occurs frequently in autumn 

 and has occurred once in spring. In O. Hebrides, one seen 

 Flannans and two obtained Barra (Nov. 25, 1895, Oct. 24, 1898). 

 Ireland. Very local, unknown in most districts, but nests in various 

 localities in all four provinces, but chiefly near the Shannon. 



MIGRATIONS. Great Britain. From mid-Sept, to second week of 

 Oct. there is a passage down east coast. 



DISTRIBUTION. Abroad. Europe generally (except extreme north) 

 as far south as Spain, and north-west Africa (Atlas) in west, and 

 Albania in east ; from Russia eastwards to Persia, Transcaspia, and 

 west Siberia. Winters in Africa. Breeding in Syria is asserted, 

 but requires confirmation. 



* Sylvia hortensis of many authors, but S. hortensis is clearly the Orphean 

 Warbler ; this name not being available for the Garden- Warbler, the name 

 borin must be adopted. E.H. 



