SWEDISH BLUE-THROATED WARBLER. 13 



Student, for wliom all systems are formed, is apt to 

 draw corLclusions upon tlie subject by no means flattering 

 to tlie judgment or acuteness of tbe writer. 



The Sylvia ccerulecula is found inhabiting Russia and 

 Siberia, Lapland, Norway, and Sweden. It occurs in 

 the East Indies, and the species is identical with, that 

 of Europe. Degland notices a male having been killed 

 the end of April, 1836, near Douai, and others he says 

 have been captured at Burgoyne and in Picardy. M. 

 Malherbe possesses two specimens, which were killed 

 near Metz, and its plentiful occurrence in Sweden and 

 Norway has been recorded by M. M. De Lamotte and 

 De Cosette, in 1829. Count Miihle notices the ap- 

 pearance of isolated individuals in Greece. They are 

 found in the autumn, and appear to be migrating from 

 the north-east to the south-west. Only the Russian, or 

 more properly the Norwegian variety (Ccerulecula) 

 occurs. 



The following extracts from the Journal of the Asiatic 

 Society and the Madras Journal, give an interesting 

 account of the habits of the "Blue-breast," by Mr. 

 Blyth and Mr. Jerdon. From what we have said it 

 clearly does not signify much which of the two races 

 it refers to, as their habits are most probably precisely 

 the same. 



Mr. Blyth says, "The Blue-breast affects the open 

 country where there are no trees, and especially reedy 

 places or plantations of sugar-cane, or growing corn or 

 high grass, or ground covered with the broad leaves of 

 cucurbitaceous plants; and there they are generally seen 

 on the ground, running with alternate steps, like a 

 Pipit or Wagtail, and occasionally spreading wide the 

 tail, displaying its rufous base to advantage; seldom 

 perching, but flitting before you as you advance, and 



