30 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS. 



Icterine Warbler.' So long ago as June, 1848, 

 the English specimen referred to was killed at 

 Eythorne, near Dover, and the fact was com- 

 municated by Dr. Plomley to Mr. Yarrell, who 

 published it in his " History of British Birds." 

 A second British example of this species was 

 shot at Dunsinea, county Dublin, in June, 1856, 

 and is now in the Royal Dublin Society's 

 Museum.^ In size it equals the Wood Warbler, 

 and resembles it somewhat in colour, but it has 

 a shorter wing (275 in. instead of 3 in.) ; the 

 whole of the under parts are sulphur-yellow, and 

 the legs and toes are slate colour. These cha- 

 racters may serve to distinguish it at once 

 should it again be met with by ornithologists in 

 England. Should its song be heard, all doubts 

 would at once be set at rest, for as a warbler it 

 is far superior to any of the three species just 

 mentioned. I have had many opportunities 



1 See Professor Newton's edition of Yarrell's " History of 

 British Birds," vol. i. p. 360. 



2 This specimen was recorded at the time by Dr. Carte in 

 the " Journal of the Royal Dublin Society," vol. i. p. 440. 



