GARDEN WABBLE R 



very plentiful. In Norway and Sweden it occurs generally 

 as far as 68° N. lat. in Sweden and 70° in Norway, but above 

 this rarely. Throughout Germany and the Austro-Hungarian 

 Monarchy it is numerous, and occurs in small numbers in 

 northern Italy, but is absent from the south. In the Balkan 

 Peninsula it breeds in Montenegro, Herzegovina, Epirus and 

 Dobrudscha, but Greece is visited only on migration, though 

 it has been said to breed in Palestine. To Poland, the 

 Baltic Provinces, and central and southern Russia as far 

 as the province of Ufa we find it a common summer visitor, 

 but less numerous in the province of Orenburg. Northward 

 it is found as far as southern Finland, the Olonetz Govern- 

 ment, Archangel, and lat. 62° in the Urals, and on migration 

 has been recorded in the Kirghiz Steppes, Astrakhan, and the 

 Crimea. Eastwards it has been recorded at Krasnoyarsk on 

 the Eiver Yenisei, whilst to the south it has been found on 

 the northern side of the Caucasus and in Trans-Caucasia. 

 There are records also from Persia, and it occurs as a breeding 

 species in Tunis, Algeria and Morocco. 



It winters for the most part in central and southern Africa 

 as far as Natal and Damara Land. 



LIFE HISTORY. 



The Garden Warbler seldom reaches this country before 

 the latter half of April, and it is therefore some weeks later 

 than the Blackcap. In the northern districts of Worcester- 

 shire its advent is usually delayed until the first week in 

 May, although in some years a few individuals can be found 

 during the last week in April. Comparing one year with 

 another, there seems to be less variation in the date of 

 arrival of the first male than is customary amongst certain 

 other migrants. For instance, during the last eleven years 

 my records show that the first male reached this particular 

 district once on April 28th and 30th respectively, twice on 

 May 1st, once on May 3rd, four times on May 4th, once 

 on May 6th and once on May 10th. The period of arrival 



