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CETTl’s WAHEEEU. 
Dimensions of specimens sent me hy 31. E. Verreanx. — Male: — 
Length from tip of beak to end of tail five inches; carpus to tip 
tv\'o inches and a half; tail two inches; beak three fifths of an 
inch; tarsi nme tenths of an inch. Female: — From tip of beak to 
end of tail four inches and a half; carpus to tip two inches; tail 
one inch and three quarters; beak throe fifths of au inch; tarsi 
eight tenths of an inch. 
Cetti’s Warbler, distinguislied from all other Syhiadee 
by having only ten quills instead of twelve in the tail, 
is found in the whole of Southern Europe, from Spain 
to the Caucasus. It has been said to have been killed, 
but erroneously, in England, and Count Miihle, in 
expressing his surprise at this, attempts to account for 
it by attributing it to a deficiency in the development 
of the wings, — a reason which I think can hardly be 
maintained, when we hear of much weaker birds fiying 
an infinitely greater distance. It occurs in Sicily, 
Corsica, Sardinia, Spain, and France, being especially 
common in winter in the southern provinces of the 
latter country. M. Gerbe reports its appearance in the 
department of the Var, and M. Crespon indicates many 
localities in which it is found in Provence; and Count 
Miihle found it in Greece. It occurs in Egypt, and, 
according to Captain Loche, in the three provinces of 
Algeria. Mr. Salvin says, in the ‘Mbis,” for July, 
1859: — “On one or two occasions, among the tamarisk 
trees on the banks of the Chemore, I caught a mo- 
mentary glimpse of a bird of this species — not more 
than was sufficient to recognise it. It appears to be 
shy and not common in the Eastern Atlas of Africa.” 
It is only found in the thickest and most impene- 
trable coverts of grassy plants, and thick hedges and 
ditches. It is very shy, more so than any other Peed 
Warbler: should it chance to climb up on a branch or 
