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WHITETHROAT. 
COMMON WHITETHROAT. MUGGY. NETTLE-CREEPER. 
Sylvia cinerea, PENNANT. JENYNS. 
Motacilla sylvia, Montacu. Bewick. 
Curruca sylvia, FLEMING. 
ce cimerea, GOULD. 
Sylvia Sylva—A wood. Cinerea—Cinereous—ash-coloured. 
Tuts appears to be the commonest of the Warblers that 
are summer visitors to this country. 
In Europe it is known lkewise in Denmark, Sweden, 
Russia, Norway, and the more temperate parts of Siberia; 
Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Italy, and Sardinia. In 
Asia it has also been noticed, in Asia Minor. 
It is to be seen in every county of England, from Kent 
and Sussex to Cornwall and Durham and Northumberland. 
In Yorkshire it is common, but is less numerous farther 
north. 
In Scotland it has been seen in Sutherlandshire and Argyle- 
shire, and indeed in most of the sheltered valleys of the 
north; and in Ireland is also a periodical visitant. 
In Orkney one was shot in Sanday, by the late William 
Strang, Esq., the 27th. of May, 1850. 
It frequents hedges principally, as also the outskirts of 
plantations and borders of woods, gardens and whin covers, 
thickets and any brushwood, as well on low as on _ higher 
ground. In summer, when the young are able to fly, their 
parents often bring them into gardens, where they do some 
mischief among the fruit. 
About the third week in April, or a little later, is the 
period of its appearance among us, arriving in Scotland some- 
