SPECTACLED WARBLER. 
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This beautiful little Warbler was stated by Temrainck, 
in his first edition, to belong exclusively to Sardinia; 
but, although limited in its range, it has been discovered 
in Sicily, Spain, in the States of the Church, and by 
Count Miihle in Greece. It is also included in Captain 
Loche’s Catalogue, by whom it is stated to occur in 
the three provinces of Algeria. 
M. O. Salvin, in the “ Ibis,” for July, 1859, mentions 
its occurrence in the Salt Lake districts of the Eastern 
Atlas of Africa, where it is found abundantly in the 
low shrubs of the uncultivated portions of that region. 
He states that it is very shy, and skulks from bush to 
bush as any one approaches. Malherbe remarks that it 
only breeds in Sicily, migrating in the winter; but Count 
Miihle doubts this statement, as he has frequently seen 
it in winter in Greece, in company with S. melanocepliala. 
This Warbler was discovered by Marmora, in Sardinia, 
in 1819, and named by him S. conspicillata, from a 
black ^^spectacle”-looking mark between the eyes of the 
male bird. 
According to Savi, the Spectacled Warbler dwells in 
Italy, among the cistus bushes on the hills, but never 
in shady places. In Sardinia it inhabits the bush-covered 
hills, from four hundred to six hundred feet above the 
sea level. It is a very nimble bird, rivalling the Sar- 
dinian Warbler, with which it is frequently found, in 
this respect. Count Miihle tells us that it sings perched 
on an open branch, with its feathers raised, and that 
its song is simple, but loud and agreeable. Its call and 
song-note resembles much that of the other species in 
the family ; in fact it is so closely allied that it has fre- 
quently been confounded with S. suh-alpina, and has 
even been considered by some only a southern variety 
of S. cinerea. It is however easily distinguished from 
