three rare Specks of Bntl/Jj Birds, 39 



take upon myfelf the merit of its firfi: difcovery as a Britifh fpecies : 

 that properly belongs to Mr. White, I have, however, fortunately 

 been enabled to inveftigate its hiftory more minutely; the only in- 

 ducement at this period to lay it before the Society. This bird is 

 alio found in Germany, where it is likewife a migratory fpecies, as 

 we are informed by Dr. Beckftein in the 27th volume of Natur- 

 forfcher, p. 38, where he gives a defcription of fuch of the Mofa- 

 cllla fpecies inhabiting that country as have a yellow ftreak over the 

 eye. 



To my friend Mr. Latham I am indebted for the tranflation of 

 that part of the work for my infpe&ion, where I find under the 

 denomination Tier Laubv'dgelchen *, p. 47, No. 4, an excellent de- 

 fcription of this bird and its manners ; though the author does not 

 feem acquainted with the neft and eggs* He adds (Motaciila Sibila- 

 trlx) fuperciliis luteis, fupra virefcens, fubtus flavefcens. This au- 

 thor particularly remarks the whitenefs of the under tail-coverts, 

 the ftrong characteriftic mark of diftinction. 



After what lias been faid of this hitherto little known beautiful 

 fpecies of warbler, little can be added to elucidate its hiftory : to 

 my former remarks I can only fay, that fince my intimate ac- 

 quaintance with the bird, I have met with it in plenty in all the 

 fouthern counties and wooded parts I have been in, efpecially where 

 oak or beech abound. To this I have taken the liberty of adding 

 a coloured drawing of the egg, taken from thofe in my own collec- 

 tion j\ See "Tab. 2. fig. 1. 



* Little leaf-bird. 



f I met with this bird in Parkinfon's Mufeura under the title of Green Wren, -cafe 



No. 271. 



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