BRITISH WARBLERS 



Adult in Autumn.— The upper parts are slightly more 

 greyish buff, and the lower a brighter yellow 7 . The autumn 

 plumage of the young is similar to that of the adults. 



Nestling. — The upper parts are almost huffish grey with 

 a slight trace of olive, the under parts being ochre yellow. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. 



This species seems to visit the South Coast only of 

 England. There are two records from Sussex and one from 

 Cornwall, but the southern part of Devonshire appears to 

 have been repeatedly visited. In the remainder of the British 

 Islands there has been only one occurrence, a specimen 

 having been obtained at the Old Head Lighthouse, Kinsale, 

 co. Cork, in September. On the Continent the bird is 

 principally an inhabitant of the south-western parts. One 

 specimen has been obtained in Heligoland. Belgium is 

 occasionally visited, so is the Valley of Metz in Germany ; 

 and there is one record from Austria, one from Lenkoran 

 in Trans-Caucasia, and it has been obtained in the south- 

 western part of Hungary. In France it does not breed 

 north of the Seine, but in the centre, west, and south-west 

 it is generally distributed and common ; while in the east 

 it is found in the provinces of Cote d'Or, Savoie, Haute- 

 Savoie and Jura. Throughout Spain and Portugal it appears 

 to be common. In Africa it is plentiful in Algeria and 

 Tunis, and it inhabits Morocco, the country between Morocco 

 and the River Senegal, and the Gold Coast Colony ; but 

 in Egypt its occurrence seems doubtful. 



In winter it appears to resort principally to South and 

 West Africa. 



