THE BIRDS OF HELIGOLAND 279 



This same specimen passed into the hands of W. Brandt, of Hani- 

 burg. 



The home of this songster extends over all the countries of 

 southern Europe bordering the Mediterranean, as well as north 

 Africa. 



101. Barred Warbler [SPERBERGRASMUCKE]. 

 SYLVIA NISORIA, Bechstein. 



Heligolandish : Kat-U nger = Cat-warbler. 

 Sylvia nisoria. Naumann, ii. 430. 

 Barred Warbler. Dresser, ii. 435. 

 Bee-fin raye. Temminck, Manuel, i. 200, iii. 128. 



This is by far the rarest of the Warblers belonging to Germany 

 which are met with here. The bird is never seen before the middle 

 of May, and then only on warm, calm days, and in solitary instances ; 

 nor can it be by any means reckoned as a regular annual summer 

 visitant. 



The breeding range of this species appears to extend only from 

 western Germany to Turkestan ; on the north it ranges to Denmark 

 and southern Sweden. In England this bird has not been met with 

 up to this date. 



102. Dartford Warbler [PROVENCE-GRASMUCKE]. 

 SYLVIA PROVINCIALIS, Grnelin. 1 



Sylvia provincialis. Keyserling and Blasius, Wirbelthiere 



Europas, Ivi. and 1 86. 

 Dartford Warbler. Dresser, ii. 441. 

 Bee-fin pitchou. Temminck, Manuel, i. 211, iii. 137. 



Two instances only of the occurrence of this peculiar bird in 

 Heligoland are on record, it having on one occasion been obtained 

 by Reymers, and on the other observed by myself, on May 31st 

 1851, hopping about in the thorn-hedge of a neighbouring garden 

 at only a few paces distance. Unfortunately, there being other 

 gardens behind the hedge in question in which people were occupied 

 at the time, I was unable to shoot the bird. It was a male ; 

 Reymers' bird, also, according to the description, was a beautiful 

 example of the same sex. This species is essentially a western one ; 

 its nesting stations extending from Portugal to eastern France. It 

 also breeds in England and western Africa. 



1 Melizophilus undatux (Bodd.). 



