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in Brit. Mus. I would revise proportions thus : 2nd usually equals 8th, 

 often between 7th and 8th, sometimes between 8th and 9th, very rarely 

 equals 7th. (H.F.W.) 

 Distribution. — Two Lerwick (Shetland), Oct. 8, 1920. 



311. The Wood-Warbler. 



Breeding-habits. — Average size of 100 eggs, 15-87 X 12-38 mm. 

 Distribution. — One Lerwick (Shetland), May 1920. 



313. Eversmann's Warbler. 



Distribution. — One (4th) near Blakeney, Norfolk, Sept. 4, 1922 

 (E. C. Arnold, Brit. B., xvj, p. 162), one, Fair Isle (Shetlands), Sept. 

 27, 1922 (Scot. Nat., 1923, p. 68). 



316. The Yellow-browed Warbler. 



Distribution. — Lines., single birds Oct. 1919, Sept 1921, Sept. 1922, 

 Oct. 12 and 19, 1923, Holy Is. (Northumb.), single birds Sept. 29, 30, 

 Oct. 7, 1922, one Lerwick (Shetland), Oct. 1920, one Isle of May, 

 Sept. 1921, and several Sept. 24-Oct. 1, 1922, one seen Fifeshire, Oct. 

 1922. 



321. Germs Cettia Bj>. 



Earliest date : Cettia Bonaparte, Iconogr. Faun. Ital., i, fasc. 9, text 

 to pi. 29 (1834 — Type Sylvia cetti Temm.). 



332. Grasshopper-Warbler. 



Breeding-habits. — In south coast counties eggs often laid during 

 first half May and regularly double brooded. 



337. The Great Reed- Warbler. 



Distribution. — One picked up dead, Cosheen, Castle Townshend, Cork, 

 May 16, 1920 (specimen now in Brit. Mus.) (J. E. Harting, Field, 12, 

 vi, 1920, p. 870). 



343. The Marsh-Warbler. 



Nestling. — No down, skin dark flesh-colour. Mouth, inside pale mustard- 

 yellow, two black tongue-spots, gape yellow (J. A. Walpole Bond, 

 Brit, B., xv i, p. 185). 



344. Distribution. — Breeding Kennet valley (Berks.) 1920-23. 



348. The Sedge- Warbler. 



Distribution. — -One Lerwick (Shetland), May 16, 1919. 



349. 147. Acrocephalus paludicola (Vieill.) — The Aquatic Warbler. 



Sylvia paludicola Vieillot, Nouv. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. Nouv. 6d., 



xi, p. 202 (1817 — Lorraine et Picardy) 

 instead of Acrocephalus aquaticus (Gmelin) the description of which 

 cannot safely be referred to the Aquatic Warbler and seems to have 

 been meant for the Whinchat ! 



351. Genus Hippolais Baldenstein. 



Hippolais Baldenstein, Neue Alpina, 11, p. 77 (1827 — Monotype 

 Hippolais italica Baldenstein = H. polyglotta) 

 instead of Hypolais Kaup, 1829. 



353. The Icterine Warbler. 



Distribution. — One Norfolk, Sept. 1921, one Lines., Sept. 1922, one 

 reported heard Norfolk, Aug. 20, 1921, and one believed seen Norfolk, 

 May 28, 1922, one Noss Head (Caithness), May 3, 1921. 



355. The Melodious Warbler. 



Distribution. — One reported seen and heard Budleigh Salterton 

 (Devon), May 1921. 



