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24. Blackcap, Sylvia atricapilla atricapilla. 
Curruca atricapilla . S. 105. 
Common throughout winter months. Sings during the whole time 
of its stay. 
25. Garden-Warbler, Sylvia borin borin. 
Curruca hortensis, S. 104. 
A very scarce visitor on migration : two seen 22nd March 1907 and 
one 30th April 1910. 
26. Subalpine Warbler, Sylvia subalpina albistriata. 
Sylvia subalpina , S. 109. 
Not uncommon during spring migration, and has been observed in 
November. 
27. Black-headed Warbler, Sylvia melanocephala melanocephala. 
Curruca melanocephala, S. 107. 
Winter and spring, uncommon. 
28. Bowman’s Warbler, Sylvia momus. 
Not mentioned by Shelley. 
One male seen on the 24th March 1907. 
29. Rueppell’s Warbler, Sylvia rueppelli. 
Curruca Rueppellii, S. 106. 
A common visitor during the spring migration ; occasionally seen in 
autumn. 
30. Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita collybita. 
Phyllopneuste rufa, S. 102. 
Arrives in October and departs in April. Numbers winter in the 
Gardens, and are sometimes heard in full song in midwinter. 
31. Nilsson’s Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita abietina. 
P. collybita abietina, Hartert, Vogel der pal. Fauna, Heft IV, page 
563 (1907). 
Arrives in autumn, and winters in the Gardens. The call note of 
this bird is a shrill peck totally different to the note of the typical 
chiffchaff. 
32. Willow Warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus trochilus. 
Phyllopneuste trochilus, S. 103. 
A not uncommon migrant in autumn; never for certain seen in 
spring. 
