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with it in several places on the Porsangerfjord, in 70° N. lat., in July 1876. Those which pass 

 the summer in Nordland and Finmark must pass and repass through Swedish and Russian Lap- 

 land ; for it is never found in summer in Southern Norway, and but very rarely on passage ; for I 

 only know of one specimen, obtained near Christiania as long ago as in 1847." 



Professor Sundevall says that during the summer season it is found throughout Sweden, in 

 suitable localities, up to about as far north as Gene, in 61° N. lat., and near Stockholm and 

 Upsala and in Southern Dalecarlia and Wermland it is not uncommon. Mr. Meves frequently 

 saw it in Skane, but not on Oland ; and, he adds, he never found it so numerous as at Hjelstavik 

 late in June. He also found it common in Northern Russia, from the Ladoga canal to Onega 

 Bay, along the Dvina as far as Archangel, where Messrs. Alston and Harvie-Brown found it 

 numerous in suitable localities. Magnus von Wright speaks of it as being a common species in 

 Southern Finland ; and Professor Malmgren says (Ibis, 1 870, p. 149) that he possesses a specimen 

 obtained at Uleaborg late in July by Mr. Dahlstrom, and that Wilhelm von Wright observed it 

 at Karesuando, in 65° N. lat. 



Mr. Sabanaeff informs me that this is the most numerous of the aquatic Warblers through- 

 out Russia, and when in the Ural he found it especially common in the Ekaterinburg and 

 Shadrinsk Governments. Borggreve says that it is generally distributed throughout North 

 Germany, but is, on the whole, rather rare than otherwise. Von Preen, however, records it as 

 common in Mecklenburg ; and Gloger says the same respecting its occurrence in Silesia ; but 

 Bolsmann is not certain if it breeds in Westphalia. Dr. E. Rey informs me that it arrives in 

 Saxony late in April, and breeds numerously near Halle, both near and at some distance from 

 water, but usually where nettles grow abundantly. Kjserbolling speaks of it as being very 

 common throughout Denmark wherever there are marshes ; and it is a common summer visitant 

 to Holland, Belgium, Northern and Central France ; but in the south of France it is only seen 

 on passage, and even then is not very numerous. 



Mr. A. Lacroix says that in the French Pyrenees it arrives late in April and leaves from the 

 end of August to the middle of September. In most localities where the nature of the country is 

 suitable it breeds, and is resident in the Herault, and, to some extent, in the Pyrenees orientales. 



I do not find any record of its occurrence in Portugal ; nor did Colonel Irby obtain it in 

 Southern Spain. Mr. Howard Saunders saw it near Malaga in winter ; but he does not think 

 that it breeds in Southern Spain. It is tolerably common in Savoy ; and Salvadori says that it 

 occurs throughout Italy from April to October, and describes its nest and eggs ; but it is some- 

 what strange that it is omitted from the list of birds which nest in Lombardy, one of the most 

 northern provinces, and that it should be said not to breed in the south of France. Professor 

 Doderlein considers it to be a somewhat rare visitant during the seasons of migration to the 

 Modenese territory; but in Sicily it is abundant on passage, being found more especially in the 

 marshy districts, such as Catania, Lentini, and Mazzara, though it is very doubtful if any ever 

 remain to breed there. In Greece, according to Dr. Kriiper, it occurs on passage and in winter, 

 but does not remain to breed there. Drummond-Hay says that it is resident in Corfu and Crete. 

 Dr. A. Fritsch states that it breeds commonly near Prague, in Bohemia, where it is certainly 

 commoner than the Aquatic Warbler ; and the late Mr. E. Seidensacher informed me that it 

 occurs sparingly near Cilli, in Styria, on the autumn passage. Mr. Goebel says that he has 



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