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the coast. In the fells it does not ascend to any altitude, except in rare cases. Mr. Collett 

 observed a pair in June 1872, in some small Salix glauca bushes at Jerkin, on the Dovrefjeld, 

 at an altitude of 3300 feet above the sea-level. It arrives in Norway from the south about the 

 middle of May, and leaves in September. In Sweden, Professor Sundevall says, it has about the 

 same range as the common Whitethroat, being met with up to about 62° N. lat., but it is 

 only common in the southern districts. Von Wright states that it is tolerably widely spread 

 throughout Finland, but is everywhere rather rare than otherwise, and it will sometimes for 

 years disappear from a locality where previously it was not rare. It has been obtained as far 

 north as Uleaborg. Meves met with it in Northern Eussia, at Schlusselburg, Wuitegra, Cholmo- 

 gory, &c. ; and Mr. L. SabanaefF writes to me that it is found in Central Russia, and northwards 

 as high as Archangel. On the Volga it is found up to the northern portions of the Saratotf 

 Government, but has not been observed in the Kieff district. SabanaefF adds that he met with 

 it throughout the Ural country. During the summer it is met with throughout the Baltic 

 provinces and Germany, and appears to be tolerably common in most localities. Herr E. von 

 Homeyer informs me that in Pomerania it is one of the commonest, if not the commonest, 

 Warbler, arriving late in April, earlier than any of the others. It frequents the conifer-woods 

 far from water, but is by no means particular as to choice of locality. 



Kjserbolling says that it arrives in Denmark between the latter part of April and the early 

 portion of May, and leaves in September. It is rarer in Jutland than on the islands and in the 

 duchies. Mr. Fischer says that it is a somewhat rare bird in Vendsyssel. He found it breeding 

 at Dronninglund on the 1st June, 1865. It breeds in Holland and Belgium, and is tolerably 

 common there from late in April to September ; and the same may be said respecting its presence 

 in France, where, however, it is more numerous in the southern than in the northern provinces. 

 It is stated by Professor Barboza du Bocage to occur in Portugal ; and in Spain, according to 

 Colonel Irby, it is rare ; he observed one in his garden at Gibraltar in April, and another on 

 the 19th April, 1872. Mr. Howard Saunders, however, states (Ibis, 1871, p. 212) that it is 

 " abundant in winter and early spring, but does not remain to breed." 



In Savoy, Bailly says, it is by no means abundant, although a regular spring visitant ; and in 

 Italy it is rather rare than otherwise ; but in Sicily it is extremely common, especially in the 

 vicinity of Palermo, but near Messina it appears to be rarer. As regards Sardinia it appears to 

 be a regular visitor on migration ; but Mr. A. B. Brooke says that it is not common. Mr. C. 

 Bygrave Wharton informs me that he did not meet with it in Corsica; and, according to 

 Mr. C. A. Wright, it is included in his list of the birds of Malta on the strength of a single 

 specimen recorded in Schembri's catalogue. Lord Lilford shot one in Corfu, in September 1857, 

 this being the only occasion he met with it ; but Dr. Kriiper says that on passage it is by no 

 means rare in Greece and Asia Minor, though it breeds but rarely in the conifer-woods in the 

 more elevated mountains. It arrives late in March: and near Smyrna the first arrived in 1863 

 on the 22nd of March, in 1866 on the 20th March, in 1871 on the 31st March, and in 1872 on 

 the 17th March. The breeding-season commences about the end of April or early in May. On 

 the 30th April 1866 he found a nest, with four eggs, in the Parnassus; and in 1873 he found 

 ecro-s in the middle of May. In Southern Germany it is generally distributed, and tolerably 

 common during the summer. Dr. Fritsch speaks of it as being numerous throughout Bohemia ; 



