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N. lat. In Finland it is tolerably common, but not every year so numerous in the same localities. 

 According to Von Wright it breeds near Kuopio ; and Professor Malmgren says that it has been 

 found breeding near Kajana, and is met with at Uleaborg, in 65° N. lat. In Northern Russia 

 Mr. Meves met with it from Schlusselburg to Archangel, where it was common ; and Mr. L. 

 Sabanaeff informs me that it is generally distributed throughout Central Russia, and, according 

 to Kessler, is the commonest Warbler in the district of Kieff. In the Ural it extends, he says, 

 to Bogosloffsk ; and Teplouhoff met with it on the Obva river, in 58^° N. lat. It is said to be 

 common during summer in Poland and the Baltic provinces ; and Borggreve states that at that 

 season it is one of the commonest species throughout the whole of North Germany, more 

 especially in the western portion. Kjserb oiling writes that it is common in Denmark during 

 the summer, arriving late in April or early in May, and leaving in September ; and the same may 

 be said respecting its occurrence in Holland, Belgium, and France. Professor Barboza du Bocage 

 speaks of it as being a common summer visitant to Portugal ; and Mr. Howard Saunders informs 

 me that " it occurs at both seasons of migration on the east coast of Spain in tolerable abundance, 

 but none appear to breed there ; and west of Malaga it is rare ;" but Colonel Irby writes (Orn. 

 Str. Gibr. p. 87) that he never saw it near Gibraltar in winter, but that it breeds there abundantly, 

 arriving in April. Throughout Italy it is generally distributed during the summer season, and is 

 also met with in Sicily, where, however, comparatively few remain to breed ; but Doderlein says 

 that it is one of the first of the Warblers to make its reappearance in autumn ; and Mr. A. B. 

 Brooke found it common in summer in Sardinia. Lord Lilford met with it in Corfu in September 

 and October. Dr. Kriiper says that it is tolerably common in Greece, both in the hills and the 

 plains, arriving late in March, and leaving in August and September. Drummond-Hay observed 

 it in Crete in April. Throughout the whole of Southern Germany, the countries bordering the 

 Danube, and Southern Russia it is a tolerably common and generally distributed species ; and I 

 have received many specimens from Turkey. In Asia Minor, Dr. Kriiper says, it is a tolerably 

 common summer visitant, arriving in March and leaving in September; and in Palestine it is 

 resident and abundant. It winters in North-east Africa ; but Captain Shelley says it is not common 

 in Egypt. Von Heuglin says that it is only a migrant in North-east Africa, Arabia, and the 

 islands of the Red Sea; it arrives in Egypt from August to October, and repasses again in 

 March, wintering further south. He met with it at Kordofan and Habesch. Mr. Blanford, 

 who met it in Abyssinia, says that it was not rare in Samhar, near Massowa, in the middle of 

 August. It winters also in North-west Africa, and is common. Mr. Salvin met with it in the 

 first week in April between the foot of the rock of Djebel Dekma and the river Medjerda; and 

 other travellers who have visited Algeria also record it as found there in winter. M. Favier 

 {fide Colonel Irby, Orn. Str. Gibr. p. 87) says that it " arrives about Tangier and crosses to 

 Europe in April and May, returning to winter further south in September and October;" and 

 Messrs. Shelley and Buckley observed it at Accra, on the Gold Coast. Messrs. Webb and 

 Berthelot observed it in the Canaries; and Dr. C. Bolle states (J. f. O. 1854, p. 454) that it is 

 found on all the islands where there are thorn bushes; but it has not been recorded from 

 Madeira or the Azores. It is found in Western Asia ; but it would appear that Pallas's state- 

 ment that it inhabits Siberia rests on a very doubtful basis. 



De Filippi observed it at Tabriz, in Persia, where it was breeding in the gardens late in 



