THE GARDEN WARBLER. 6$ 



known as the far-famed " beccafico " of the 

 Italians, says that as many as a hundred 

 dozen are sometimes brought in at a time/ 

 Lord Lilford has once found this bird nesting 

 in Epirus.* The late Mr. C. J. Andersson met 

 with it as far south as Damaraland, South-west^ 

 Africa. In habits the Garden Warbler closely 

 resembles other members of the genus.. Shy 

 and restless, it differs from the Blackcap in its 

 inferior powers of song, and from the White- 

 throats in being less garrulous. It is neverthe- 

 less a beautiful songster, and will sometimes sit 

 in the midst of a thick bush in the evening, like 

 a Nightingale, and maintain a continued warble 

 for several minutes without a pause. Its song 

 is somewhat irregular, both in time and tune, 

 but it is wonderfully mellow for so small a bird. 

 It sometimes commences its song like a Black- 

 bird, but always ends with its own. In some of 

 its actions it resembles the Willow Wren, for it 

 seems constantly in motion, hopping from bough 



1 " Ibis," 1864, p. 67. 2 « Ibis;- i860, p. 231. 



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