EEED WARBLER 



Over the greater part of Europe this bird is a common 

 breeding species. In Spain it is found in suitable localities 

 which are few and far between, but it breeds near the mouth of 

 the Guadalquivir, and also in the Balearic Islands, while it is 

 very common in Portugal, but does not nest in Corsica and 

 Sardinia. Throughout France, Belgium, and Holland it is 

 generally distributed and abundant, and the same may be said 

 of Denmark, but in Southern Sweden we reach its northern 

 breeding limit at Lake Wener, nearly 59° N. lat. 



To Germany it is a common summer visitor, though less 

 plentiful in some of the eastern provinces, and in all suitable 

 localities in the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy it is numerous. 

 In Switzerland we find it common and breeding even in the 

 Alpine valleys at an altitude of 4,000 ft., and it also visits Italy 

 and Sicily in large numbers, and is again numerous in many 

 parts of the Balkan Peninsula, but has not been proved to 

 breed in Greece. In Poland it is common, but the southern 

 parts only of the Baltic Provinces are inhabited, and it is 

 again common in the provinces of Volhynia, Kiev, Tcher- 

 nigov, Poltava and Podolia, and occurs throughout Southern 

 Russia generally, and probably also in the Crimea. From the 

 northern slopes of the Caucasus there are no records, but on 

 the southern slopes it has been found near Tiflis and Lenkoran, 

 and it appears to visit Astrakhan and the Uralian Cossacks in 

 large numbers. 



There are also records of its occurrence from the Trans- 

 caspian Province, Turkestan, and the Altai Mountains. 



In parts of Asia Minor it is not rare, and has bred in 

 Cyprus, Baluchistan and Persia. 



Of its winter quarters in Africa we have yet much to learn, 

 but its range appears to be an extensive one, since it occurs as 

 far south as Rhodesia, the Orange River Colony, and perhaps 

 even Cape Colony. 



It is also recorded at this season as visiting Greece, Asia 

 Minor, Palestine, Persia and Ealuchistan. 



