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Title: Birds of Great Britain and Ireland, Order Passeres, complete in two volumes
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: Butler, Arthur G. (Arthur Gardiner), 1844-1925 Grönvold, Henrik, 1858-1940 Frohawk, Frederick William, 1861-1946
Subjects: Birds Birds Passeriformes
Publisher: London : Caxton Pub. Co.
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its movements,yet continued to eat as freely as ever. One morning, in July, 1889, I found itdead, and dissection showed that its lungs were seriously affected. I shouldtherefore recommend Aviculturists to keep this Warbler in a mild temperatureduring the winter months, and give it as much insect food as possible : it ought,moreover, to be kept in an aviary, so that it may be able to take plenty ofhealthful exercise.* As an aviary bird, the Garden Warbler is well worth keeping; it is activeand at the same time capable of being tamed, although somewhat more shy thanthe Blackcap; its song, though inferior to that of the latter species, is infinitelysuperior to that of any of the British Finches, yet that is not saying much forit, inasmuch as even the Robins plaintive little melody is purer in tone andmore grateful to the ear than that of any of our Finches. * Mr. Staines, of PeuRe, gave me a second male in July, i8g6, which was in perfect health at llie time ofpenning this article. W^ 4
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The Barred Warbler. 77 Family— TURDID.F. Subfamily—SYL VIIN^. The Barred Warbler. Sylvia nisoria, Bechst. RESPECTING the distribution of this rare species, Seebohm writes:— Besides South Sweden, it breeds in Germany east of the Rhine,Transylvania, South Russia, Persia, and Turkestan, as far east asKashgar. It passes through South-eastern France, Italy, Turkey, Greece, AsiaMinor, and North-east Africa, as it is said to pass through Nubia in spring andautumn, but has not been recorded from the Transvaal. Its alleged occurrencein China is probably an instance of mistaken identification. The same author, writing in 1883, observes that The only claim of theBarred Warbler to be considered a British bird rests upon a single example, shotmore than forty years ago near Cambridge—but apparently not brought underthe notice of Ornithologists until March, 1879, when Prof. Newton exhibited itat a meeting of the Zoological Society of London, a record of which may befound in the Proceedings f

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