24 Mr. A. G. More on the Distr^ibution of Birds 



borough {Mr. A. S. Bell) and Lancashire {Mr. J. F. Bi'ock- 

 holes). 



The nest has once been taken in Haddingtonshire by Mr. 

 Hepburn. 



Calamodyta ARUNDiNACEA(G.i?.Gra?/). Great Reed Warbler. 

 Provinces III. IV. 



Subprovinces 7?, 8, 12. 



Lat. 51°-53°. " Germanic " type. Not in Ireland. 



Yarrell, in his second Supplement, records a nest taken near 

 Dorking ; and the bird has several times been killed in Kent. 

 Mr. F. Bond tells me that he has seen three eggs which were 

 taken in Hertfordshire ; and he himself possesses two eggs which 

 were sent to him from Northamptonshire. 



LusciNiA PHILOMELA {Bonop.). Nightingale. 

 Provinces I.-V. VIII. X. 

 Subprovinces 2-15, 19, 20, 22, 23. 

 Lat. 50°-54°. " Germanic " type. Not in Ireland. 



Nests in East Devon, Somerset, Gloucester, Monmouth, Here- 

 ford (rarely), Shropshire (occasionally), Stafford, Derby, York, 

 and in all the counties to the east of this line. 



The Nightingale is also thought to have once bred near Sun- 

 derland, and has been heard at Carlisle. 



In the 'Zoologist^ (p. 241) Mr. R. D. Duncan repeats his 

 statement that a pair of Nightingales were heard, and the male 

 shot, in Calder Wood, Mid Lothian, in the summer of 1826 — a 

 warm season. 



Sylvia atricapilla {Latham). Blackcap. 

 Provinces I.-XVII. 

 Subprovinces 1-28, 29, 30?, 31, 32. 

 Lat. 50°-58°. « English '' or Southern type. 



Rare in Scotland, though it has been found nesting in many 

 different counties, especially of the two southern provinces. 

 Beyond the Forth, the nest has been found in Clackmannan 

 {Dr. P. B?'otherson), in Perthshire {Col. Drummond-Hay) , in 

 Banffshire a few pairs every year {Mr. T. Edward), in Dum- 

 barton {Mr. R. Gray), and in Ross-shire {Mr. R. Danford). 



