SYLVIINA. 49 
THE GARDEN-WARBLER. 
SYLVIA HORTENSIS, Bechstein. 
Later in its arrival than the Blackcap, the Garden-Warbler seldom 
comes to us before the end of April or beginning of May, and is 
far more local than that species, although generally distributed over 
the greater part of England. It is not known to breed in the 
western portion of Cornwall, nor in Pembrokeshire, though it does 
so in other counties of Wales, especially Merioneth, Cardigan and 
Brecon. In Scotland, although it does not appear to be generally 
distributed, Mr. R. Service informs me that it is more abundant in 
the Solway district than the Blackcap; it has been recorded as 
nesting in Perthshire; an example was obtained on Barra, Outer 
Hebrides, on November 25th; and several have been taken on 
North Ronaldshay, in the Orkneys, in autumn. In Ireland the 
Garden-Warbler breeds in Fermanagh, Sligo, Roscommon, along 
the Shannon Valley, and probably in other districts (Ussher). The 
majority leave our islands about the end of September. 
The Garden-Warbler is only a wanderer to the Fzeroes ; but south 
of 70° N. in Norway and about 65°N. in Finland and Russia, it 
is found breeding through Europe down to the shores of the 
F 
