I04 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS. 



unlike that of any of the river warblers ; for, 

 instead of being of a uniform brown, it has a 

 broad band of black across both webs of all the 

 feathers (except the two centre ones) towards 

 their extremities, which black band is terminated 

 by white. This is very conspicuous as the bird 

 moves it up and down, and could not fail to 

 attract the notice of anyone who has paid atten- 

 tion to birds. It does not appear, however, 

 that this species has been identified in this 

 country with certainty more than twice, although 

 it may possibly have occurred oftener. A spe- 

 cimen shot at Plumpton Bosthill, near Brighton, 

 in September, 1854, was recorded by Mr. Borrer 

 in the "Zoologist" for that year (p. 45 11), and 

 was figured by Mr. Yarrell in the third edition 

 of his " History of British Birds " (i. p. 314). A 

 second, obtained at Start Point, Devonshire, in 

 September, 1859, was noticed by Mr. Llewellyn 

 in the "Annals and Magazine of Nat. History," 

 1859 (iv. p. 399), and in the "Ibis," i860 

 (p. 103). It is possible that this may be the 

 Red-tailed Warbler {Sylvia erythacd), six speci- 



