70 BIRDS. PASSERES. Cuiiruca 



Luscinia, Will. Orn. 1G1. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 365.— Sylvia Lus., Temm. 

 Orn. i. 195. — W, Eos — A regular summer visitant of the eastern 

 counties of England. 



Length 7, breadth 10^ inches ; weight 6 drams. Bill black ; lower man- 

 dible pale towards the base. Mouth yeilow. Irides hazel. Legs and claws 

 black. Female similar. Nest placed on the ground, and composed of dried 

 leaves, lined with grass. Eggs 4 or 5, of a uniform dark brown colour. — This 

 species arrives in the end of April. I ts song is universally admired. White 

 varieties occur. 



62. C. ho?~tensis. Pettyehaps. — Plumage above, greyish- 

 brown, with an olive tinge. A white circle round the eye. 



Pen. Brit. Zool.'i. o/C— Sylvia hort., Temm. Orn. i. 206 ; W, y Ffigysog. 

 — A regular summer visitant of the southern counties of England. 



Length 6 inches ; weight 5 drams. Bill dusky ; base of the under mandible 

 yellowish. Inside of the mouth yellow. Legs bluish-brown. Irides hazel. 

 Below the ear a dash of ash-colour. Quills and tail dusky, edged with olive. 

 Female similar. Nest in a bush, near the ground, composed of grass and fi- 

 brous roots, with moss externally. Eggs 4, dirty white, blotched with light 

 brown and cinereous spots. Song little inferior to that of the Nightingale. 



63. C. sibUlatrix. Wood Wren — Plumage above, yellow- 

 ish-green. Over the eye a bright sulphur-yellow streak. Un- 

 der tail-covers white. 



Begulus non crista tus major, Will. Orn. 1G4 — Yellowest "Willow Wren, 

 While's Selb. i. 95 — Wood Wren, Lamb, Lin. Trans, ii. 245., tab. 24. 

 Mont. ib. iv. 35., Egg. tab. ii. fig. 1 — Sylvia sib. Temm. Orn. i. 223 — 

 A regular summer visitant of England, near oak and beech woods. 



Length 5\ inches ; weight 1G0 grains. Bill dusky. Legs yellowish-brown. 

 Irides hazel. The cheeks and throat are yellow. Upper parts of the breast 

 yellowish white ; the remainder pure white. Quills dusky, edged externally 

 with yellowish-green. Tail a little forked, coloured like the quills, except 

 the two outer feathers, which want the yellow margin. Female less in size, 

 but similar in plumage. Nest on the ground, oval, with a small hole near the 

 top, composed of dried grass and moss, and lined with a few long hairs. Eggs 

 C, white, sprinkled with purple spots, which are sometimes confluent. — The 

 flight of this species is short, slow, and vibrating, as it moves from spray to 

 spray. Its cry expresses the word licee, drawn out. Has been confounded 

 with Regulus trochilus and hippolais. 



G4t. C. AtricapUla. Black-cap. — Head black above, hind 



neck cinereous. Plumage above, greyish green. 



Atricapilla, fiFitf. Orn. 1G2. Pcnn. Brit. Zool. i. 374 — Sylvia At. Temm. 

 Orn. i. 201 — E, Mock Nightingale, Nettle-creeper; W, Penddur 

 brwyn. — A regular summer visitant. Frequents woods and hedges. 



Length G, breadth 9 inches; weight half an ounce. Bill brown. Legs lead- 

 coloured. Irides dark hazel. Breast and belly cinereous. Vent white. Quills 

 dusky, edged with dull green. Tail long. Female, with a brown head. Nest 

 in a low bush, of dried stalks, with wool and moss, and lined with fibrous roots 

 and hair. Eggs 4 or 5, pale reddish-brown, mottled with a deeper colour ; 

 sometimes sprinkled with cinereous spots. Song melodious. 



a. Tail 'particoloured. 



65. C. provincial'is. Dartford Warbler. — Plumage above, 

 dusky brown. Cheeks cinereous. Throat, neck and breast fer- 

 ruginous. 



