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sent for purposes of identification. I cannot say that I am in 

 favour of this procedure in regard to any bird, as in addition to 

 what I have pointed out about the wings, much other in- 

 formation which might be gained from an examination of the 

 whole bird in the flesh is thereby lost ; certainly entire Sedge- 

 Warblers should be examined. 



The occurrences of this species in Great Britain have not 

 been many, and may be summarised as follows: — One obtained 

 in Sussex on October 19th, 1853, and first recognised by 

 Newton. One obtained at Loughborough, Leicestershire, in 

 the summer of 1864. One obtained near Dover in 1871. One 

 obtained in Norfolk in September, 1896. The above instances 

 are taken from Saunders's 'Manual of British Birds,' 2nd 

 edition, 1899, p. 87. The same author also mentions that the 

 Aquatic Warbler, figured in Hunt's ' British Ornithology,' is of 

 a specimen probably obtained in Norfolk in 1815. 



The following occurrences were recorded after the publication 

 of Saunders's ' Manual,' together with a few omitted by that 

 author : — One obtained in Hampshire, September, 1876 ; 

 another September 20th, 1897 ; one obtained at St. Catherine's 

 Lighthouse, Isle of Wight, September 29th, 1905 ; one seen 

 September 7th, 1897, in Sussex ; two obtained in same county, 

 August 8th and 11th, 1902 ; and one obtained and others seen 

 on August 18th, 1905. One was obtained in Norfolk on 

 September 9th, 1902 ; a second seen on September 19th, 1903 ; 

 and a third seen on September 15th, 1904. The above in- 

 stances are given by Mr. Witherby and Dr. Ticehurst in 

 ' British Birds,' vol. i. p. 85, in a paper entitled, "On the more 

 Important Additions to our Knowledge of British Birds since 

 1899." Further notices of the occurrence of the Aquatic 

 Warbler in Great Britain are as follows : — One killed at 

 Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall, October 11th, 1907 (C. B. Tice- 

 hurst, 'British Birds,' vol. ii. p. 28) ; one obtained at Eastbourne, 

 Sussex, on October 7th, 1908 (E. C. Arnold, 'British Birds,' 

 vol. ii. p. 236).* One obtained at St. Catherine's Lighthouse, 



* A good drawing of this bird is made ; but I think that the dark 

 shafts and middle portions and lighter edges of the rectrices are not brought 

 out enough, and the upper tail-coverts are too grey, but the dark and light 

 stripes of the back are faithfully depicted. 



