





THE LESSER WHITETHROAT. 



(Sylvia sylviella) 



'' I ^HIS is not nearly so common a bird, nor 

 -*- so generally distributed in Great Britain, as 

 the last-named. It is confined more or less to the 

 midland and southern counties of England, is 

 very rare in Scotland, and unknown in Ireland. 

 Mr. Rodd, in his '• List of Birds" before quoted, 

 says the Lesser Whitethroat is only seen in 

 Cornwall during the autumn migration, and then 

 only occasionally at Scilly. In Wales it appears 

 to be equally scarce [cf. More, " Ibi?," 1865, 



