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GARDEN WARBLER. 



GREATER PETTTCHAPS. 



Sylvia hortensis, LATHAM. BECHSTEIX. 



Curruca hortensis, SELBY. 



Motadlla. hortensis, MONTAGU. 



Sylvia. SylvaA wood. Hortensis Belonging to gardens. 



DR. LATHAM was the first to notice this as a British bird, 

 a specimen having been obtained in Lancashire, and for- 

 warded to him by Sir Ashton Lever, the founder of the 

 Leverian Museum. 



It is found throughout the continent of Europe, from Italy 

 to Denmark and Sweden in the summer. 



In Yorkshire it occurs in various situations, as near Hud- 

 dersfield and Hebden Bridge, Halifax, Sheffield, Leeds, and 

 York; in the East-Riding it is more uncommon, being mostly 

 met with in its passage. Mr. B. Fawcett, of Driffield, 

 obtained one in his garden there, the present year, 1853, and 

 from it the plate is coloured. Near Scarborough it is scarce, 

 according to Mr. Patrick Hawkridge, in 'The Naturalist,' old 

 series, vol. ii., p. 333. In Norfolk it is not very numerous. 

 In Oxfordshire it occurs in gardens in abundance, as likewise 

 in Cambridgeshire. In Derbyshire it is sparingly distributed. 

 It occurs also in Wiltshire, Suffolk, Devonshire, Lincolnshire, 

 Durham, Northumberland, and other counties. In Cornwall 

 it is rare has been met with at Budock. 



In Scotland it has been noticed in Dalkeith Park and 

 Midcalder, Lothian, between Lasswade and Roslin, at New- 

 battle and Dalhousie, the Corstorphine Hill and Currie near 

 Edinburgh, and various other parts. 



In Ireland it seems to be extremely rare. Mr. Templeton 

 met with one on the 21st. of May, 1820. It regularly breeds 



