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BIRDS OF LEICESTERSHIRE AND RUTLAND, 
that two broods appear to be reared during the season, he having seen the first 
hatch on the wing early in June, the second in August. Said by Mr. IMacaulay 
(‘Mid. Nat.,’ 1883, pp. 85-6) to have been seen at Langton on 21st I'eb., 1882, and 
also at Gumley, 11th Nov., 1882. The winter of 1881-2 was the mildest ever 
known in the Midlands, and it is possible, consequently, that the bird may have 
arrived earlier than usual. I heard a Chiffchaff several times in a small spinney 
at Aylestone, in 1883, so late as 21st Sept., and, on 22nd Sept., 1887, Mr. 
Macaulay and I heard it at Saddington Gorse. 
In Rutland. — A summer migrant, commonly distributed, and breeding. — 3Ir. 
Horn informs me that, in 1886, he heard the Chiffchaff in Wardley Wood on 24th 
March ; two days later they were very numerous, but a few days afterwards not 
one was to be heai'd. 
WILLOW-AVAKBLER. Phylloscopus trochilus (Linnseus). 
“ AVillow-Wren,” “ Yellow Wren ” (almost obsolete). 
A summer migrant, commonly distributed, and breeding. 
3Ir. Davenport writes: — “In June, 1882, I found a nest of this species in 
the plantation hedge at Skeffington Rectory, quite five feet from the ground ; 
it contained eggs.” I have received nests and eggs of this bird from Aylestone, 
Belvoir, Bradgate, Knighton, and other places in Leicestershire, much more 
frequently than those of the Chiffchaff. Apparently it is equally common with 
that bird, and its nest is just as skilfully concealed. 
In Rutland. — A summer migrant, commonly distributed, and breeding. — Mr. 
Horn considers it much commoner in the neighbourhood of Uppingham than 
the Chiffchaff. 
WOOD-AA'ARBLER. Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechstein). 
“ Wood- Wren.” 
A summer migrant. — Mr. Babington (Supplement ‘Potter’) wrote: — “Not 
uncommon.” Harley described it as “ by no means common,” and IMr. IMacaulay 
wrote (‘ IMid. Nat.’, 1881, p. 256) : — “ Rare. In 1879 it was seen in Gumley Wood 
by the Rev. A. Matthews.” This is the only notice I can find, except an opinion 
expressed in an article (p. 26 ‘ Transactions Leicester Lit. and Phil. Soc.,’ Jan., 
1888), the writer of which takes it to be a common bird on the northern side of 
Leicester, but who, not being an ornithologist, has evidently mistaken the Willow- 
AA’arbler for this species. See also the remarks of Air. Storer (op. cit., Jan., 1889, 
pp. 22-3), who tells me, however, that he has never obtained a specimen. 
Harley appeared to have met with the nest, which he described as of an 
oval form, built on the ground, and “ constructed of dry grass, decayed leaves, 
sprigs of moss, lined with finer bents, fibrous grass, and a few hairs.” 
In Rutland. — The only record I have is that furnished by the Earl of 
