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localities just mentioned are in the south of Westmorland, but 

 the bird breeds also in the centre of the county. J. B. Hodg- 

 kinson annexed a full clutch of the eggs of the Grasshopper 

 Warbler, which he found near Windermere Lake in 1890. 



Eambling all over Cumberland, I have heard the song of the 

 Grasshopper Warbler at a good many points, especially in the 

 north of the county, but it becomes rare in the west. At Wright 

 Green, for example, Mr. Dickinson considers it a rare breeding 

 bird. Mr. Tom Duckworth has paid great attention to the habits 

 of this bird, — the 29th of April is the date which he considers 

 about the nearest approximation to the arrival of the male birds. 

 He has found complete clutches of eggs as early as the 14th of 

 May, and as late as the 6th of August. The song of this 

 Warbler can be heard to the greatest perfection in the dusk of 

 the evening, and again during the early hours of day. The Rev. 

 R. Wood of Rosley has enjoyed a close acquaintance with this 

 species for many years ; so abundant is the species, comparatively 

 speaking, in some seasons in his parish that he once counted 

 fourteen different Grasshopper Warblers singing during an even- 

 ing's walk. It does not of course follow that the songsters were 

 all males. William Little showed me a Grasshopper Warbler 

 which he felled with a stone while the bird was in the act of 

 ' burring ' in the hedge in full view of him. On dissection the 

 specimen proved to contain a perfect egg ready for exclusion. 

 Mr. Wood fully shares my experience that this bird sings a good 

 deal during the day. I have noticed this especially during the 

 last few seasons. For example, on the 19th of July [1890] I 

 happened to be crossing some fields near Whitrigg with a friend, 

 who doubted if the Grasshopper Warbler really sang during the 

 day. Hearing one of these birds singing in the hedgerow, I 

 took out my watch and found it was half-past eleven in the 

 forenoon. 



Sub-Fam. ACGENTOEINM. 



HEDGE SPARROW. 



Accentor modularis (L.). 



From the hedgerows of Walney Island to the stone walls of 

 our eastern fells, the Dykey, or Creepy-dyke, is a well-known 



