SWEDISH BLUE-THKOATED WARBLER. 
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student, for whom all systems are formed, is apt to 
draw conclusions upon the subject by no means flattering 
to the judgment or acuteness of the writer. 
The Sylvia ccerulecula is found inhabiting Russia and 
Siberia, Lapland, Norway, and Sweden. It occurs in 
the East Indies, and the species is identical with that 
of Europe. Degland notices a male having been killed 
the end of April, 1836, near Douai, and others he says 
have been captured at Burgoyne and in Picardy. M. 
Malherbe possesses two specimens, which were killed 
near Metz, and its plentiful occurrence in Sweden and 
Norway has been recorded by M. M. De Lamotte and 
De Cosette, in 1829. Count Miihle notices the ap- 
pearance of isolated individuals in Greece. They are 
found in the autumn, and appear to be migrating from 
the north-east to the south-west. Only the Russian, or 
more properly the Norwegian variety f ccerulecula ) 
occurs. 
The following extracts from the Journal of the Asiatic 
Society and the Madras Journal, give an interesting 
account of the habits of the ^‘Blue-breast,” by Mr. 
Blyth and Mr. Jerdon. From what we have said it 
clearly does not signify much which of the two races 
it refers to, as their habits are most probably precisely 
the same. 
Mr. Blyth says, “The Blue-breast affects the open 
country where there are no trees, and especially reedy 
places or plantations of sugar-cane, or growing corn or 
high grass, or ground covered with the broad leaves of 
cucurbitaceous plants; and there they are generally seen 
on the ground, running with alternate steps, like a 
Pipit or Wagtail, and occasionally spreading wide the 
tail, displaying its rufous base to advantage; seldom 
perching, but flitting before you as you advance, and 
