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hook Notices and lievieivs. 



fusly illustrated with woodcuts (drawn by Wolf and engraved 

 by Whymper) and sixteen coloured jDlates of sufficient merit 

 to clearly portray the birds figured — several species appear 

 on each plate. A most useful Synotsis of Genera follows 

 the preface. 



We can best give a general idea of the work by one 

 or two quotations therefrom : — 



THE GAKDEN WAEBLER. 

 Curruca hortensis. 



" Upper parts greyish-brown, slightly tinged with olive ; orbits white ; below the ear a 

 "patch of ash-grey ; throat dull white : breast and flanks grey, tinged with rust colour ; rest 

 "of the underparts dull white. Length five inches and three-quarters ; breadth eight inches 

 " and a half. Eggs graenish-white speckled with two shades of greenish-brown." 



" Though tolerably well dispersed throughout Eiiglan:!, t!iij 

 " l)ird is by no means so abundant as the lilackcap, which ,it 



" resembles in sizj 

 " and habits. Jts 

 " song is little if 

 " at all inferior to 

 " that of the bii'd 

 " just named, and it 

 " is far from im- 

 " probable that some 

 " of the sweet 

 " strains for whic.i 

 " the Blackcap g. t; 

 " c. edi% jiarticular- 

 " ly late in the 

 " summer, may be 

 " produced by the 

 " Garden Warbler; 

 " I have heard its 



THB GARDEN WARBLER. SOllg SO I atC aS 



" the fifth of October. By some Authors it is called the Greater 

 " Pettychaps, by others Fauvette, this latter name is by :sbme 

 " ornithologists applied to the group containing this bird, and 

 -several allied speicies. Its nest and eggs are as like those 

 *' of the Blackcap as to be discriminated with difficulty." 



THE WRYNECK. 



Yunx [torquilla. 



"Upper plumage reddish-grej, irregularly spotted and lined with brown and black; a 

 ■' broad black and brown band from the back of the head to the back ; throat and breast yel- 

 "lowish-red, with dusky transverse rays; rest of under plumage whitish, with arrow shaped 

 " black spots ; outer web of the quills marked with rectangular alternate black and yellowish 

 " red spots ; tail feathers barred with black zigzag bands ; beak and feet olive brown. Length 

 " six inches and a half, breadth eleven inches. Eggs glossy white." 



" The note of the Wryneck is unmusical, and is so peculiar 



