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with whom Mr. Thompson was in correspond- 

 ence in all parts of Ireland, it is singular that so 

 few of them should have been able to report 

 the presence of this bird in their respective 

 districts. I have already referred to the 

 changes which have taken place in the local 

 distribution of many species of birds within the 

 last twenty or thirty years, and there is no 

 reason for doubting that the statements pub- 

 lished by Mr. Thompson in 1849, ^.nd the 

 observations of naturalists of the present day, 

 are both perfectly correct, and that the Garden 

 Warbler, like many other birds, is now common 

 in localities where formerly it was unknown. 

 The number of resident naturalists in Wales is 

 very small as compared with England.; never- 

 theless, it is to be hoped that those who have 

 the opportunity will examine into the truth of 

 the alleged absence from Wales of this bird, and 

 publish the result of their investigations. 



The limit of the Garden Warbler's range 

 northwards in the British Islands has not been 

 satisfactorily ascertained. That it is found in 



