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Willow-Warbler— Phylloscopus trochilus. Many records in winter. 
We observed it ourselves and heard it in half-song in the 
Mau Forest on March 6 (see p. 197). Mr. Jackson records 
its remaining at Nairobi this year up to May 10. 
Sedge-Warbler— Acrocephalus phragmitis. Observed in Ukamba 
in January. This year (1908) remained at Nairobi as late 
as May 23 (F. J. J.). 
Marsh-Warbler— A. palustris. Also recorded in January from 
Ukamba. 
Whitethroat— Sylvia curruca. We thought we observed this on 
Athi in January, but, as Mr. Jackson was doubtful, had 
excluded it. He, however, writes (June 1908) : “ I think 
I have since got two or three from Kitui, west of Donyo 
Sabuk.” 
Another of our little British songsters, the Garden- 
Warbler (S. hortensis), though not yet actually recorded 
from Equatoria, 1 goes, in fact, far further south. For my 
friend Mr. Harold Fry writes to me from the Transvaal: 
“ There are always two or three, sometimes more, in my 
garden at Bertrams—an unobtrusive little bird, not given 
much to warbling when he visits us here; but with a fine 
taste in fruits—cherries, apricots, peaches, grapes, nothing 
comes amiss. But he is not above taking insects too ; 
and, I have fancied, reveals his Northern origin by con¬ 
tinuing to hawk after these even in a drizzle of rain that 
drives most of our native birds to shelter.” 
Mr. Jackson sends me the following most interesting note : 
“Nairobi, May 25, 1908.—Several of our British migrants were 
remarkably late in leaving these parts. The Spotted Flycatcher 
remained until the middle of April; the Willow-Warbler as late 
as May 10; and the Sedge-Warbler I saw on May 23. The 
Tree-Pipit was in great numbers in my garden up to May 4, 
but all disappeared during that night, which was very wet and 
stormy.” 
Truly the above are remarkable dates, and Mr. Jackson asks : 
“ Did they know you were having Arctic weather in April at 
home ? ” 
As a matter of fact, these tiny travellers] were not only 
1 Mr. Jackson writes : “I have several from the Ravine.” 
