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SYLVIADiE. 
INCESSORES. SYL VI AD YE. 
DENTIROSTRLS. 
BLUE-THROATED WARBLER. 
Ph(ENICURA Suecica. 
PLATE XXIX. FIG. I. 
Very few specimens of this beautiful bird have yet 
been killed in this country; the first of which there is any 
record, was shot upon the town moor of Newcastle-upon- 
Tyne, and is now in the Museum belonging to that 
town. 
The only account which we have of the habits and nidi- 
lication of this species, is the following, which is given by 
Mr. Yarrell, from the pen of the late Mr. J. D. Hoy, his 
observations being made during a bird-nesting visit to the 
Continent. 
“ This bird makes its appearance early in spring, pre¬ 
ceding that of the nightingale by ten or twelve days. I 
have always found this species during the breeding-season 
in low swampy grounds, on the woody borders of boggy 
heaths, and on the banks of streams running through wet 
springy meadows, where there is abundance of alder and 
willow underwood. 
“ The nest is placed on the ground amongst plants of 
the bog myrtle, in places overgrown with coarse grass, on 
the sides of sloping banks, in the bottom of stubs of 
scrubby brushwood in wet situations. It is well concealed, 
and difficult to discover. 1 do not believe they ever 
build in holes of trees. 
