. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. SYLVIIN/E. S3. SUBALPINE WARBLER. Sylvia suBALpfNA, Bonelli. At a meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club on December 19th, 1894, Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe exhibited a specimen of this Warbler, forwarded to him by Mr. J. Steele Elliott of Dudley, who had shot it on the island of St. Kilda, in the Outer Hebrides, in June of the same year. In 'The Zoologist,' 1895, p. 282, Mr. Elliott says :—" I first noticed it haunting the Minister's garden on June 13th, busily employing itself searching for food along a row of young peas; and it frequently
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. SYLVIIN/E. S3. SUBALPINE WARBLER. Sylvia suBALpfNA, Bonelli. At a meeting of the British Ornithologists' Club on December 19th, 1894, Dr. R. Bowdler Sharpe exhibited a specimen of this Warbler, forwarded to him by Mr. J. Steele Elliott of Dudley, who had shot it on the island of St. Kilda, in the Outer Hebrides, in June of the same year. In 'The Zoologist,' 1895, p. 282, Mr. Elliott says :—" I first noticed it haunting the Minister's garden on June 13th, busily employing itself searching for food along a row of young peas; and it frequently flew to a parsnip in seed that grew in one corner of the garden, and which seemed to attract a greater number of insects. This little bird allowed people to approach quite close to it; and remained throughout Sunday until the following day, when I shot it in the presence of Mr. Fiddles and Mr. McKenzie, the factor. It was at once placed in spirits and forwarded direct to Mr. J. Cullingford, of Durham, for preservation. Its sex could not be ascertained with certainty. Its presence was probably caused by the great gale that blew across the island on June r2th, from the ; The Subalpine Warbler, as its name implies, is a southern species ; its nearest breeding-places being in the south-eastern districts of France and in Savoy, where it arrives regularly about the middle of April; while it occasionally reaches Geneva and even Neuchatel. In Spain I observed it in Murcia, and obtained birds, with nests and eggs, from Mdlaga, as well as from the vicinity of Madrid; Col. Irby saw a small party at Cadiz on March 27th, and the late. 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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