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THE GAEDEN- WARBLER. 



Sylvia hortensis Beclist. 



The Garden- Warbler, perhaps owing to its comparative 

 scarcity and to the difficulty in identifying it, has not been 

 well recorded. Observations from the coast are lacking, 

 and it is not possible to give a satisfactory account of the 

 method of this bird's immigration. 



Stragglers were apparently arriving between the 16th 

 and 20th April, but up to the end of the month they were 

 only recorded from Somerset, Berks, Hants, Herts and 

 Cambridge. 



During the first week of May there was an increase in 

 Somerset and Hampshire, and the birds were recorded for 

 the first time from Sussex and Kent. During the same 

 period the birds that had first arrived moved on and were 

 absent from the lower Midlands, while fresh records were 

 sent in from Wales, Lancashire and Yorkshire, 



By May 8th the second arrivals appear to have 

 repopulated the Midlands, and Garden- Warblers continued 

 to arrive until May 16th, when they appear to have 

 become established in their summer quarters as far north 

 as Durham. 



Cheonological Summary of the Records. 



April 16. Cambridge. 



17. Berks. 



20. Berks and Somerset. 



21. Berks and Cambridge. 



23. Herts. 



24. Cambridge. 



25. Hants. 

 29. Shropshire and Hants, 



