446 BRITISH BIRDS. 



" 1864, Oct. 4. A pair. Both stuffed. 



1865, Oct. 24. A pair seen. Female shot. 



1867, Sept. 19. A pair shot. 



Oct. 11. One seen. 



1869, Oct. 1. One seen. 



1870, Sept. 19. A pair in my garden. Gun missed fire. 

 20. A male shot. 



1873, Sept.24. A pair seen. 

 25. One shot. 



26. A pair seen. 



30. A male shot. 



Oct. 16. One seen. 



1874, Oct. 10. One seen. 

 ,,11. One seen. 



1875, Sept. 17. A pair seen. 



1876, May 25. One seen in my garden. 

 Sept. 26. One seen. 



29. One seen. 



,, 30. One seen. 



Oct. 3. One seen in my garden. 



4. A male seen in my garden. 



5. A male shot by Seebohm in my garden. 



6. One seen from the steps. 



7. One seen in my garden. 



26. One seen in my garden." 



I first made the acquaintance of the Yellow-browed Warbler in Gaetke's 

 garden in Heligoland. The general direction of the wind during the last 

 week of September and the first week in October was east, varying from 

 north-east to south-east. Birds were generally very abundant, many of 

 them arctic species, such as Grey Plover, Little Stint, Little Bunting, 

 Snow-Bunting, Knot, Sanderling, Red-spotted Bluethroat, Richards's 

 Pipit, Brambling, &c. On the 26th we heard that a Yellow-browed 

 Warbler had been seen ; and on the 29th and 30th other examples were 

 reported. On the 3rd both Mr. Sharpe and myself had an excellent view 

 of the little bird in Gaetke's garden, and had a shot or two at it : but we 

 were so nervous and excited in the presence of the Siberian stranger that 

 we both missed it. On the 4th we had a stiff gale from the south-east ; 

 but the Yellow-browed Warbler \vas still there. On the 5th I succeeded 

 in shooting it. It was a most active little bird, and was very partial to 

 two trees, a willow and a hawthorn. Its note was a plaintive weest, 

 Other examples were seen on the two following days. 



Eight months afterwards I saw the Yellow-browed Warbler in its 

 breeding- grounds on the Arctic circle, in the valley of the Yenesay. We 



