WOOD WARBLER AND WHEATEAR 115 



WARBLER, WOOD (Phylloscopus sibilatrix) 



Local Names. — Green Wren, Hay Bird, Larger Willow Wren, 

 Larger Yellow Wren, Largest Willow Wren, Linty White, Willie 

 Muftie, Wood Wren, Yellow Bird, Yellow Warbler, Yellow 

 Willow Wren, Yellow Wren. 



Haunt. — Woods, especially beech. 



Nesting Period. — May and June. 



Site of Nest. — On the ground among grass, heath, etc. 



Materials Used. — Moss, hay, leaves, lined with horsehair and fine 

 grass. Dome-shape. Note. — No feathers are used. 



Eggs. — Five to Seven. White, spotted and speckled with dark red. 



Food. — Small insects. 



Voice. — A curious little song, uttered persistently, but lacking 

 sweetness, the latter part of it running into a trill. It is 

 accompanied by a shivering of the wings. Call of male, " twee, 

 twee, twee;" female alarm-note, " wee-eep." 



Chief Features. — Locally distributed, and not nearly so common as 

 Chiff Chaff and Willow Warbler. A Summer Migrant, arriving 

 from Africa end of April or early May. 



Plumage. — Above olive-green, with tinge of sulphur-yellow; above 

 the eye a broad streak of the latter; bright yellow on sides of 

 head and throat, and insertion of wings and throat; remainder 

 of under plumage pure white. Length. — Nearly six inches. 



WHEATEAR (Saxicola cenanthe) 



Local Names. — Chack, Chack Bird, Chacker, Chat, Chickell, Chicker, 

 Chuck, Clocharet, Clodhopper, Cooper, English Ortolan, Fallow 

 Chat, Fallow Finch, Fallow Lunch, Fallow Smick, Fallow 

 Snatch, Horse Smatch, Jobbler, Shepherd Bird, Singing Sky- 

 rocket, Snorter, Stenikle, Stone Chacker, Whiterump, Whitetail. 



Haunt. — Downs, moors, mountains, and other desolate places. 



Nesting Period. — April onwards. 



Site of Nest. — On the ground, as well as crevices in walls, under 

 stones, clods, etc. 



Materials Used. — Dry grass, moss, bents, wool, and hair. 



Eggs. — Four to Six, or more. Pale greenish-blue. 



Food. — Insects. 



Voice. — Call, an oft-repeated " chick-chack-chack ; " also a soft, 

 sweet song. 



Chief Features. — The handsome appearance of the male bird on his 

 arrival in the early Spring. A restless species; displays a 

 prominent white rump when flying. 



Plumage. — Bluish-grey above; black on wings and wing-coverts, 



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