The Garden Warbler 



The nest also resembles that of the Blackcap in structure, 

 and though the present species never lays the reddish type 

 of egg common to the Blackcap, its eggs are very similar to 

 the creamy variety of the latter, but the markings are as a 

 rule more blotchy and the clear-cut small spots are far 

 fewer. 



" Garden " Warbler is to some extent a misnomer, as it is 

 seldom found in gardens, preferring woods and coppices in 

 the open country, and not visiting the currant bushes any- 

 thing like so frequently as the Blackcap. 



The sexes are alike and are of a uniform olive brown, 

 rather darker on the wings and tail. Under parts huffish 

 white. There is a pale streak over the eye and a greyish 

 area on the lores. 



The young are almost indistinguishable from their 

 parents. Length 5*75 in. ; wing 3 in. 



Except that it is scarcer and more local, its distribution 

 in our islands is similar to that of the Blackcap. 



THE BARRED WARBLER 



Sylvia nisoria, Bechstein 



Making its summer home in South Sweden, Denmark, 

 East Germany and Central Europe, our islands lie too far 

 to the west for this species to be known except as a rare 

 straggler. About a dozen examples are known to have 

 occurred in our eastern counties, always in autumn ; it has 

 also been taken in Skye and on two occasions in Ireland. 



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