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The range of the Garden- Warbler is somewhat restricted ; for it does not appear to inhabit Asia 

 east of the Ural, though in Europe it is generally distributed during the summer season up to 

 69° N. lat., retiring southward for the winter, at which season it penetrates tolerably far to the 

 south in Africa. 



In Great Britain it is found throughout England, is rare in Wales and Ireland, but is pretty 

 generally distributed in Scotland as far north as Banffshire. Mr. A. G. More says that it breeds 

 throughout England, but is scarce in Cornwall and Pembrokeshire, and he has no authority for 

 its breeding in North Wales ; and Mr. Cecil Smith informs me that near Taunton, in Somerset, 

 it is a regular though not very common summer migrant, but in other parts of the county it is 

 more common. Mr. Stevenson speaks of it as being local and nowhere very numerous in 

 Norfolk, where it arrives later than the Blackcap, and leaves again in September ; and Mr. 

 Metcalfe informs me that in the lake-districts of Cumberland it is much less numerous than 

 the Blackcap, but may be heard throughout the summer in Spindlewood, near Kendal, and in 

 several other localities of the neighbourhood. Mr. J. H. Gurney, jun., informs me that it is 

 fairly common in Durham in suitable localities, such as Castle Eden, but he scarcely considers it 

 as numerous as the Blackcap. 



In Scotland it is said by Selby to be found over the greater part of the country ; but 

 Mr. Robert Gray does not consider that it is commonly distributed. Mr. Sinclair, he says, has 

 observed it at Inverkip, in Renfrewshire; and Dr. Saxby states (B. of Shetl. p. 73) that it is a 

 rare autumn visitor to Shetland, usually occurring in September, but, as far as he is aware, it 

 has not yet been observed in Orkney. In Ireland, Thompson says, it is extremely rare, but it 

 has bred in the county Tipperary ; and Templeton records it also as having bred at Cranmore, 

 near Belfast. Mr. Harting says that he has seen it in the county Wicklow, that Mr. Blake- 

 K.nox has met with it in the county Dublin, and that, according to Sir Victor Brooke, it is 

 common and breeds regularly about Lough Erne. 



In Scandinavia it is tolerably common. Mr. Collett informs me that it is generally distri- 

 buted throughout Norway up to the Arctic circle, but above that it is rarer. In June 1872 he 

 found it in the Maalselvedale, near Tromso, in 69° 20' N. lat., and he believes that it is also 

 found at Alten. In Southern Norway it is common both in the interior and towards the coast, 

 arriving about the middle of May and leaving in September; and on the fell-sides it occasionally 

 ranges up into the birch region. Professor Sundevall speaks of it as being found throughout 

 Sweden up into Lapland, and adds that it has been met with as far north as Quickjock, in 67° 

 N. lat. ; but Professor Newton mentions that he was informed by Dr. Malmgren that in Finland 

 it has only in one instance been observed as far north as 65° N. lat. When in that country I used 

 to hear it in the southern districts, where I believe it is not uncommon. Mr. Sabanaeff informs 

 me that it is common in Central Russia, and that he met with it in the Ural up to 59° N. lat. ; 

 but it is certainly generally distributed as far north as Archangel, near which town it is common. 

 Throughout the whole of the Baltic provinces and North Germany it is common, and generally 

 distributed in suitable localities ; and Mr. Benzon informs me that it is certainly the commonest 

 Warbler in Denmark during the summer season, arriving late in May. In Holland, Mr. 

 Labouchere informs me, it arrives in May and leaves in September, and breeds everywhere in 

 gardens, small groves, and even in the parks and squares of Amsterdam and other cities. It 



