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WHITETHROAT. 



COMMON WHITETHEOAT. MUGGY. KETTLE-CBEEPEB. 



Sylvia rinerea, PENNANT. JENYNS. 



Motacilla sylvia, MONTAGU. BEWICK. 



Curruca sylvia, FLEMING. 



*' cinerea, GOULD. 



Sylvia. SylvaA. wood. Cinerea Cinereous ash-coloured. 



THIS appears to be the commonest of the Warblers that 

 are summer visitors to this country. 



In Europe it is known likewise in Denmark, Sweden, 

 Russia, Norway, and the more temperate parts of Siberia; 

 Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Italy, and Sardinia. In 

 Asia it has also been noticed, in Asia Minor. 



It is to be seen in every county of England, from Kent 

 and Sussex to Cornwall and Durham and Northumberland. 

 In Yorkshire it is common, but is less numerous farther 

 north. 



In Scotland it has been seen in Sutherlandshire and Argyle- 

 shire, and indeed in most of the sheltered valleys of the 

 north; and in Ireland is also a periodical visitant. 



In Orkney one was shot in Sanday, by the late William 

 Strang, Esq., the 27th. of May, 1850. 



It frequents hedges principally, as also the outskirts of 

 plantations and borders of woods, gardens and whin covers, 

 thickets and any brushwood, as well on low as on higher 

 ground. In summer, when the young are able to fly, their 

 parents often bring them into gardens, where they do some 

 mischief among the fruit. 



About the third week in April, or a little later, is the 

 period of its appearance among us, arriving in Scotland some- 



