. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. SYLVUNiE. 43. THE LESSER WHITETHROAT. Sylvia cuRRtJCA (LintiKus). The Lesser Whitethroat, as its name implies, is a smaller bird than its congener; and although it arrives in England about the same time, or a trifle later, its distribution in our islands is decidedly less extensive. Tolerably abundant in the southern, eastern and midland counties, it becomes rarer in the west, and though it nests in Somerset and Devon, it only visits Cornwall on migration. It breeds regularly in Brecon, and its nest has been taken near Cardigan Bay. To Cheshire
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. SYLVUNiE. 43. THE LESSER WHITETHROAT. Sylvia cuRRtJCA (LintiKus). The Lesser Whitethroat, as its name implies, is a smaller bird than its congener; and although it arrives in England about the same time, or a trifle later, its distribution in our islands is decidedly less extensive. Tolerably abundant in the southern, eastern and midland counties, it becomes rarer in the west, and though it nests in Somerset and Devon, it only visits Cornwall on migration. It breeds regularly in Brecon, and its nest has been taken near Cardigan Bay. To Cheshire and Lancashire it is a well-known though not very numerous summer-visitor, and it is generally dis- tributed in Yorkshire ; but it is local in the Lake district; very rare in Durham; while, as regards Northumberland, Mr. G. Bolam has recorded two examples in September, i88t, near Berwick-on Tweed. In Scotland Mr. R. Service informs me that it is seldom met with in Kirkcudbrightshire, although better known in the eastern part of Dumfriesshire and down by the Borders, and he has only twice found its nest; it is said to breed sparingly and locally as far as Stirlingshire; but to the northern counties and in the outlying islands it is at most a rare visitor. One is stated in the ' Scottish Naturalist' to have been shot by Mr. G. Sim in Aberdeenshire, on November 4th, 1880, and Mr. Allan Briggs has recently recorded two obtained on North Ronaldshay, Orkneys, in autumn. In. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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