ICTElilNE WAliBLKli. -17 



1913, p. 28) ; one recorded at Fair Isle on May 2Grt), 1913 (W. 

 Eagle Clarke, ' Scottish Naturalist,' 1914, p. 54) ; one, an imraatuie 

 male, obtained at St. Leonards-on-Sea, Sussex, on August 2(jth, 

 1914 (H. W. Ford-Lindsay, * British Birds,' vol. viii, 1914-15, 

 p. 14fi) ; two, a male and a female, obtained at Pentland Skerries. 

 Orkney, on June 10th and 11th, 1914 (J. Bain, ' Scottish 

 Naturalist,' 1914, p. 237) ; one obtained at Fair Isle, on .Tune 

 11th, 1914 (W. Eagle Clarke, ' Scottish Naturalist,' May, 1915, 

 p. 104). The sex of the last bird — viz. a female — is given in 

 the 'Report of Scottish Ornithology in 1914,' in a conjoint paper 

 written by Miss Baxter and Miss Rintoul (* Scottish Naturalist,' 

 July, 1915, p. 195). 



N.B. — The records from Orkney and the most recent from 

 Fair Isle are chronologically earlier than the records made by 

 Mr. Lindsay for Sussex, but were published at a later date. 



It may be seen from the above statistics for Great Britain, 

 that during a period lasting sixty-six years — viz. from 1848, when 

 the first bird was obtained, to August, 1914, when the latest 

 bird to date was obtained — thirty-one examples have been duly 

 recorded, all of which, with the exception of three, have been 

 handled and identified beyond doubt. 



In Ireland we have seen that only two authentic records have 

 been made during a period of fifty -eight years and almost three 

 months, e.g. from June, 1856, when the first bird was obtained, 

 to September 2nd, 1914, when the second and only other bird 

 known at present was procured.* Taking all the records for 

 the British Isles, thirty-three in number, we find that the first 

 bird was obtained at Dover in 1848, the latest to date at Tuskar 

 Rock on September 2ud, 1914. 



Status of the Icterine Warbler as a British Bird. 



Following the line of argument which I have adopted in 

 regard to the status of the Aquatic Warbler as a British Bird! — 



* Excluding the record of a bird seen by Rev. A. Ellison on May '29th, 

 1886, at Coollatin, Co. Wicklow, and believed to have been an Icterine 

 Warbler ; but this bird was not brought to hand. 



t Vide my article on " Aquatic Warbler on Migratiou, obtained on 

 Tuskar Rock," ' Zoologist,' March, 1915, pp. 82-92. 



