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115. Sylvia hortensis Bechst. 
The Garden-Warbler is another visitor on spring and 
autumn migration. Lord Lilford and his collectors apparently 
did not obtain specimens, but the former records having 
seen and heard it in May near Papho. Guillemard mentions 
meeting with it at Kykko Monastery at the end of May 1887 
“ pouring out a torrent of song/' and in June, on the summit 
of Troodos; Glaszner sent a male to Madarasz taken at 
Larnaca on September the 14th, 1901. Personally we have 
not yet identified with certainty this species, although I have 
no doubt that it is our own fault that we have not done so. 
117. Sylvia conspicillata Marm. 
The Spectacled Warbler is in the main a visitor on 
migration. It arrives in the middle of March and has 
passed by the end of April. It returns in autumn, and 
some undoubtedly stay in the island throughout the winter. 
It was noticed by Lord Lilford only near Trikomo, in the 
Famagusta district ; but Guillemard found it tolerably 
plentiful in early March on the flats between Larnaca and 
Famagusta, and also near Limassol, and his spring specimens 
include one taken on April the 7th; he also saw a few pairs 
later in that month. Glaszner sent a female to Madarasz, 
taken near Larnaca in March. 
119. Sylvia subalpina Bonelli. 
The only record of the Subalpine Warbler with which I 
am acquainted is that of a single specimen shot on March the 
7th, 1888, by Guillemard, near Ayia Napa, at the south¬ 
eastern extremity of the island. 
121. Sylvia melanocephala (Gmel.). 
The Sardinian M r arbler is probably a visitor on migration, 
though no doubt some winter in the island. Lord Lilford 
considered it uncommon and very local, and he only noticed 
it in the Karpas; Guillemard found a few, but secured two 
only, near Limassol, in March; Glaszner sent several to 
Madarasz, collected in various localities in September, 
October, November, and February, and has shown me a 
specimen taken on March the 24th, 1905. 
