70 BIRDS. _ PASSEllES. Cuiiruca 



Luscinia, Will. Orn. 161. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 3G5.— Sylvia Lus., Temm. 

 Orn. i. 195. — W, Eos. — A regular summer visitant of the eastern 

 counties of England. 



Length 7, breadth 10^ inches ; weight G drams. Bill black ; lower man- 

 dible pale towards the base. Moutli yellow. Irides hazel. Legs and claws 

 black. Female similar. Nest placed on the ground, and composed of dried 

 leaves, lined with grass. Eggs 4 or 5, of a uniform dark brown colour. — This 

 species arrives in the end of April. Its song is universally admired. White 

 varieties occur. 



62. C. hortcnsis. Pettycliaps. — Plumage above, greyish- 

 brown, with an ohve tinge. A white circle round the eye. 



Pen. Brit. Zool. i. 37G.— Sylvia hort., Temm. Orn. i. 206 ; TF, y Fiigysog. 

 — A regular summer visitant of the southern counties of England. 



Length G inches; weight 5 drams. Bill dusky; base of the under mandible 

 yellowish. Inside of the mouth yellow. Legs bluish-brown. Irides hazel. 

 Below the ear a dash of ash-colour. Quills and tail dusky, edged Avith olive. 

 Female similar. Nest in a bush, near the gi-ound, composed of grass and fi- 

 brous roots, Avith moss externally. Eggs 4, dirty white, blotched with light 

 brown and cinereous spots. Song little mferior to that of the Nightingale. 



63. C. s'lbiUatrix. Wood Wren — Plumage above, yellow- 

 ish-green. Over the eye a bright sulphur-yellow streak. Un- 

 der tail-covers white. 



Regulus non cristatus major. Will. Orn. 1G4 — Yellowest WiUow Wren, 



White's Selb. i, 95 — Wood Wren, Lamb, Lin. Trans, ii. 245., tab. 24. 



Mont. ib. iv. 35., Egg. tab. ii. fig. 1. — Sylvia sib. Temm. Orn. i. 223. — 



A regular summer visitant of England, near oak and beech woods. 



Length b\ inches ; weight IGO grains. BiU dusky. Legs yellowish-brown. 



Irides hazel. The cheeks and throat are yellow. Upper parts of the breast 



yellowish white ; the remainder pure white. Quills dusky, edged extenially 



with yellowish-green. Tail a little forked, coloured like the quills, except 



the two outer feathers, wiiich want the yellow margm. Female less in size, 



but similar in plumage. Nest on the ground, oval, with a small hole near the 



top, composed of dried grass and moss, and lined with a few long hairs. Eggs 



6, white, sprinkled with purple spots, which are sometimes confluent. — The 



flight of this species is short, slow, and vibrating, as it moves from spray to 



spray. Its ciy expresses the word twee, drawn out. Has been confounded 



with Regulus trocltilus and hippolais. 



64. C. Atricapilla. Black-cap. — Head black above, hind 

 neck cinereous. Plumage abo^e, greyish green. 



Atricapilla, Will. Orn. 162. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 374 Sylvia At. Temm. 



Oria. i. 201 — E, Mock Nightingale, Nettle-creeper; IF, Penddur 

 brwyn. — A regular summer visitant. Frequents woods and hedges. 

 Length 6, breadth 9 inches; weight half an ounce. BUI brown. Legs lead- 

 coloured. Irides dark hazel. Breast and belly cinereous. Yeiit white. QuUls 

 dusky, edged with dull green. Tail long. Female, with a brown head. Nest 

 in a low bush, of dried stalks, with wool and moss, and lined with fibrous roots 

 and hair. Eggs 4 or 5, pale redcUsh-brown, mottled with a deeper colour ; 

 sometimes sprinkled with cinereous spots. Song melodious. 



a. Tail particoloured. 



Q5. C. 2)rovinciaUs. Dartford Warbler. — Plumage above, 

 dusky brown. Cheeks cinereous. Throat, neck and breast fer. 

 ruginous. 



