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easily handled paper, and withal only three-eighths of 

 an inch in thickness, it yet contains 143 pages teeming 

 with just the information that a field rambler requires. 

 And not only the field rambler will find it useful ;— 

 as a book of ready reference in the study it can be 

 highly commended by reason of the particularly 

 systematic manner in which the information is 

 arranged. 



The following extract, taken at random, will serve 

 as a good illustration of the vudtum in parvo character 

 of Mr. Elms' judicious compilation. 



WOOD WARBLBR or WOOD WRKN. 

 {Phylloscopjcs sibilatrix). 



Migrant; April to September. Generally distributed; 

 local in Scotland, rare in Ireland. 



Haunts.— As last, but essentially a bird of the woods. 



Observation. — Distinguished from its congeners by its larger 

 size, brighter appearance, and rather longer wings. 



P/wwao-^.—Superciliary streak over eyes bright yellow. 

 Chin, throat, and breast white, suffused with yellow ; upper 

 parts yellowish green ; wings greyish brown, edged with 

 yellowish and tipped with white. Belly white. Rump and 

 thighs yellow. Bill and legs brown. Length 5jin. Female 

 similar. Young, yellower than adults. 



La7i(riLage. — Song, clear and sweet, beginning slowly, then 

 becoming faster, and ending in a tremulous, sibilous note, 

 thus — "twit-twit-twit-tit-tit-tit-ti-ti-ti-i-i-i." Call note, " tee-er." 

 Alarm note, " pi-o." 



Habits. — Very similar to last two. Very restless and active 

 in its movements. Specially fond of beech and oak trees. 



Food. — Insects and their larvae. Small soft fruits. 



Nest. — May. Probably one brood only. 



Site.— On or very near the ground, well concealed by grow- 

 ing herbage, and nearly always in a wood, copse, or the like. 



Materials.— Bead leaves, grass, and moss, lined with finer 

 grass and horse hair. Note.— Feathers never used as a lining 

 like the last two. Nest cave-shaped. 



