re BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 
description from Meyer's ‘ British Birds’:—‘“ The 
beak is blackish brown; irides brown; the whole of 
the upper plumage of this bird is a clear olive- 
sreen, including the head, nape, back, scapulars and 
upper coverts of the tail; the wings and tail are 
brown, each feather bordered with yellowish white; 
the green colour of the back extends over the sides 
of the breast; a brown line extends before and 
behind the eye, above which is a streak of bright 
yellow; the cheeks are yellow, tinged with brown 
and green; the chin, breast and flanks are bright 
yellow, softening into the purest white on the 
lower part of the breast, belly and under coverts 
of the tail; the beak is pale brown; the edges 
and inside of the mouth are ochre-yellow; the 
legs and feet are brown.” The male and female 
are alike. 
The eggs of this species are, according to Hewit- 
son, very difficult to get—much more so, he says, 
than those of the Willow Warbler: he describes 
the eges of the present species as having a white 
eround, thickly freckled all over with claret-coloured 
undefined spots; but they are subject to some 
variety, both in colour and shape. 
Wittow Warsier, Sylvia Trochilus. The Wil- 
low Warbler, or ‘‘ Willow Wren,” as it 1s more 
commonly called, is (except the Chiffchaff) the 
smallest of our summer visitors, like so many of 
w hich, it arrives in this country about the middle of 
