SYLVINA. 45 
THE ORPHEAN WARBLER. 
Sytvia ORPHEA, Temminck. 
According to the late Sir William M. E. Milner a female Orphean 
Warbler was shot, and her mate observed, on July 6th, 1848, ina 
small plantation near Wetherby, Yorkshire; and from the state of 
her plumage she was believed to have been incubating. Virtually, 
however, the authority for this statement was Graham of York, a 
bird-stuffer and purveyor of rarities ; but the bird is correctly named. 
In June, 1866, as recorded by Mr. J. E. Harting, a young bird 
unable to fly was caught near Holloway, in Middlesex, and having 
been kept alive by Sergeant-major Hanley for nearly six months, 
it was identified as an Orphean Warbler by the late Mr. E. Blyth. 
Nests and eggs erroneously supposed to be those of this species 
have been taken, but no other birds have as yet been identified. 
In France the Orphean Warbler breeds sparingly in the Brenne 
district, beyond the Loire; more frequently in Pcitou ; and com- 
monly in the south-eastern provinces. In Portugal and Spain it is 
abundant wherever the olive grows, and also among woods of 
conifers. It is local on the mainland of Italy, and very rare in the 
islands ; visits Savoy in summer, and is said to pass annually up the 
valley of the Rhone to the Vosges, the vicinity of Metz, and 
Luxembourg. It has never been obtained, though said to have 
been seen, in Heligoland, Belgium, or Normandy. Rare in Tyrol, 
