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throughout the British Islands, but the Reed 

 Warbler is almost unknown in Ireland, and its 

 nest has only once been met with in Scotland.^ 

 As a rule, it is seldom, if ever, to be seen further 

 north than Yorkshire and Lancashire, and does 

 not breed either in Devon or Cornwall. It 

 may thus be said to be almost confined to the 

 eastern, midland, and south-eastern counties of 

 England. Beyond the British Islands, too, it is 

 less erratic in its movements than its congeners. 

 The Sedge Warbler visits Scandinavia, Russia, 

 and Siberia, and is found throughout Europe in 

 summer, and in North Africa and Asia Minor 

 in winter. The late Mr. Andersson sent speci- 

 mens even from Damaraland, S.W. Africa. 

 The Reed Warbler does not migrate as far 

 north as this ; but Mr. Gurney has received a 

 specimen from Natal ; and if we may rely on 

 the identification of specimens obtained by 

 Mr. Hodgson, it ranges as far eastward as 

 Nepal. 



1 This was in Haddingtonshire, by Mr. Hepburn. See 

 "Ibis," 1865, p. 24. 



