Mr. T. Ayres on the Ornithology of Transvaal. 287 
female given by Mr. Ayres in ^The Ibis ’ for 1871, p. 153.— 
J. H. G.] 
288. Phylloscopus trochilus (Linn.). British Willow- 
Warbler. 
Two specimens sent: one shot 26th December, the other 
28th March. 
[I am indebted to my friend Mr. Henry Seebohm for per¬ 
mission to publish the following remarks with which he has 
favoured me respecting these two specimens :— 
The skin dated 26th December is, for the most part, in 
abraded plumage, but still shows the yellow underparts, which 
this species assumes in its autumnal moult before leaving its 
summer’s quarters. Some of the primaries and tail-feathers 
have evidently been just renewed j but most of them are 
ragged and torn, especially at the ends. 
The other skin, dated 28th March, is in perfect plumage, 
with the pale tips to the primaries unabraded, and with the 
underparts of the pale yellow colour (almost white on the 
belly) which this bird shows when it reaches us in spring. 
These two skins seem to prove, what has been denied by 
many English ornithologists, that the Willow-Warblers moult 
in their winter quarters as well as before their departure 
from our shores.” 
The 28th of March seems to me to be a singularly late 
date for this species to be found still lingering so far south as 
Transvaal.—J. H. G.] 
289. Sylvia salicaria (Linn,). Garden-Warbler. 
Male, shot on the rocky ranges near Potchefstroom on 27th 
December, 1876, and two females, shot 10th January, 1877, 
also near Potchefstroom. 
One of the females contained in the stomach portions and 
seeds of figs. 
290. Acrocephalus scHffiNOBiENUs (Linn.). British Sedge- 
Warbler. 
Two specimens sent: one shot on the 10th, the other on 
the 18th of April; the stomach of the former contained 
delicate insects. 
