20 BIRDS OF DUMFRIESSHIRE 
Mr T Harkness writes me that this species has increased 
in the spring of 1908. 
THE LESSER WHITETHROAT. 
Sylvia currvm (Linnseus). 
A ,enr ««ce .ummer-visitant ; very loaJ in its distribution. 
Sir WilUam Jardine, writing in 1839 of this «P««i««' ^^y^^ 
H " is known to extend northward as far as Durham Upon 
L BoXl Scotland, or in Ireland tl^re ^^^^^^^J^^ 
Sh rrphtforsxr-e fo^^^^^^a 
that n. F Howard Saunders wntes : Mr. 
breedmg in Eskdalej ana ^.^j^ 
are circulated, Dui on mvco g Service 
proved to refer to some other species. Mr. R. berv 
appearance m Tynron.H mr i . ^.^^ 
near Mofiat ^'^at " a -s ;f ^^^^^^^^ bushes 
TtrblrrtS^^^^^^^^^^ and Mr. J. Harkness 
11 ^ C7oMn«r2/ Schoolmaster, 1899, p. 289. 
^ Dumfries Courier and Herald, April 6th, 1907. 
