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it in the south of the county, near Boston*, where 

 it nests. It also nests annually, as Mr. Adrian in- 

 forms me, near Lincoln. 



51. PHILOMELA LUSCINIA (Linnaeus). Nightingale. 



Formerly quite exceptional in the northern divi- 

 sion of this county. The summer range of this most 

 exquisite but plaintive songstressf evidently extends 

 much further north than was formerly the case. 

 Several were heard in this neighbourhood during the 

 dry spring and summer of 1870; but this season 

 (1871) they have been quite numerous, having oc- 

 curred in every part of North Lincolnshire. 



52. CURRUCA ATRICAPILLA (Linnseus). Blackcap. 



Locally distributed, but by no means common 

 anywhere. I have not noted more than half a dozen 

 during the last ten years. A pair frequented a small 

 plantation in this parish during the summer of 1869, 

 and probably bred in the vicinity. According to 

 Mr. Alington, is occasionally met with in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Croxby Lake. 



* Colonel Montagu mentions the south of Lincolnshire as a 

 locality for this bird. 

 t "Listen, 



How thick the bursts come crowding through the leaves ! 



Again thou hearest ? 



Eternal passion ! 



Eternal pain ! " M. ARNOLD. 



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