SYLVIAD^. 143 



SEDGE WARBLER. (Sylvia phragmitis.} 



Not common. 



During the spring of 1860, I obtained a nest of this 

 bird, containing two eggs, at the old Duck-puddle. 

 Two nests found near Pinner, 1875. 



NIGHTINGALE. (Sylvia luscinia.) 



Pretty common. 



Nightingales are very plentiful here in the summer 

 time, and I have found several of their nests every year. 



BLACKCAP. (Sylvia atricapilla.} 



Pretty common. Pinner Lane, Oxhey Wood, etc. 

 To be found in most of the copses about here. 



GARDEN WARBLER. (Sylvia hortensis.) 

 Occasional. Harrow Weald. 



WHITETHROAT. (Sylvia cinerea.) 

 Very common. 



LESSER WHITETHROAT. (Sylvia curruca.) 



Common. 



Nearly as common as the Greater Whitethroat. 



WOOD WREN. (Sylvia sibilatrix.} 



Rare, but occasionally met with. 

 None since 1873. 



