three rare Species of Britifh Birds, 39 
take upon myfelf the merit of its firft difcovery as a Britith {pecies : 
that properly belongs to Mr. White. I have, however, fortunately 
been enabled to inveftigate its hiftory more minutely; the only in- 
ducement at this period to lay it before the Society. This bird is 
alfo found in Germany, where it is likewife a migratory {pecies, as 
we are informed by Dr. Beckftein in the 27th volume of Natur- 
forfcher, p. 38, where he gives a defcription of fuch of the Mota- | 
cilla {pecies inhabiting that country as have a.yellow ftreak over the 
eye. . 
"T o my friend Mr. Latham I am indebted for the tranflation of 
that part of the work for my infpection, where I find under the 
denomination Der Laubvigelchen *, p. 47, No. 4, an excellent de- 
{cription of this bird and its manners ; though the author does’ not 
feem acquainted with the neft and eggs. He adds (Motacilla Sibila~ 
irix) fuperciliis luteis, fupra virefcens, fubtus flavefcens. This au- 
thor particularly remarks the whitenefs of the under tail-coverts, 
the ftrong charaéteriftic mark of diftin@ion. 
After what has been faid of this hitherto little known beautiful 
fpecies of warbler, little can be added to elucidate its hiftory: t 
my former remarks I can only fay, that fince my intimate ac- 
quaintance' with the bird, I have met with it in plenty in all the 
fouthern counties and wooded parts I have been in, efpecially where 
oak or beech abound, .To'this I have taken the liberty of adding 
a coloured drawing of the egg, taken from thofe in my own collec- 
tion f- See cts 2. » FB: 1g! * * 
~ * Little leaf-bird, Pik. 
<1 met with this bird in Sokipiony 5 Mufeum under the title of Green Wren, cafe 
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