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THE WOOD-WAEBLEE. 



Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechst.) 



Owing, perhaps, to its local distribution, and to the fact 

 that it migrates in very small numbers, the Wood- 

 Warbler has yielded such a small number of records 

 that it is impossible to trace with any degree of satis- 

 faction the manner of its arrival and dispersal in Great 

 Britain in the spring of 1905. 



As far as the records go, it would appear that the first 

 few arrivals struck the coast of Hampshire on April 13th, 

 and travelling north-west reached Shropshire and Eadnor 

 on the 15th, while one was recorded from Durham on the 

 16th. 



The next immigration seems to have occurred on the 

 south coast from Dorset to Sussex on April 16th, following 

 which the birds spread into Surrey and Berkshire on the 

 17th and 23rd. 



The next party seems to have arrived on April 26th on 

 the same coast as the former, and during the next few 

 days to have spread north-westwards into Wales and due 

 northwards through Berkshire. 



Yet another party appears to have arrived on May 3rd 

 between Hampshire and Devon, and to have also taken 

 a north-westerly route, as many were noticed in Mid- Wales 

 on the 6th. 



During the first fortnight in May the records from 

 Hampshire seem to show that this species was becoming- 

 abundant in that county, where they apparently 

 remained. From this time onward the distribution 

 continued unchanged, the birds having settled down in 

 their breeding-quarters throughout the country. 



