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Genus PHYLLOPNEUSTRE. 
The trivial name of Leaf-Warblers has of late years been applied 
to the members of this genus, a term which I regret not having 
employed in the body of the work. ‘These delicate birds are so 
generally dispersed over the northern and temperate countries of the 
Old World that they may be regarded as universally diffused. They 
are all more or less migratory, moving backward and forward in 
accordance with the course of the sun. Three species arrive in 
Britain early in the spring. 
115. PHYLLOPNEUSTE TROCHILUS . 
Wittow-WReN. 
Arrives from the south about the middle of April, and diligently 
commences to search for insects among the newly expanded leaves 
of the willow and other trees, and, after making its dome-shaped, 
grassy, feather-lined nest on the ground and rearing its young, 
retires to whence it came upon the earliest access of cold weather. 
When here it is generally dispersed over the three kingdoms. 
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CHIFFCHAFF. 
One of the earliest spring migrants from the sunny south, many 
individuals frequently appearing in March. Solitary instances are 
on record of its having beeu seen here during the winter months ; 
and as I found it at the same season at Malta, it is evidently a more 
hardy bird than the Willow-Wren, from which it differs in the 
character of its song and in the places selected for the site of its 
dome-shaped nest, which is frequently built in a bush. It is very 
generally dispersed, but somewhat less numerous in Scotland than in 
England. 
117. PHYLLOPNEUSTE SIBILATRIX . 
Woop-WReEN. 
Although I have kept this bird in the present genus, it has just 
claims to generic distinction, its much longer wings, peculiar song, 
and brighter colouring not being quite accordant with either the 
Willow- Wren or the Chiffchaff—and, indeed, has had that of Sili- 
latria assigned to it by Professor Kaup. With us it is a true sum- 
mer visitant, arriving later than the two birds above mentioned, its 
tremulous sibilant note not being usually heard until May. Although 
commonly dispersed over England and Scotland, it is rare in Ireland. 
Breeds on the ground, generally making a nest of grasses only. 
Departs in autumn, and winters in Africa. 
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Genus RecvLormmes. 
Comprises a series of small eastern birds allied to Phyllopneuste 
and Regulus. The species which has paid England occasional visits 
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