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southern and midland districts of England, but 
in Northumberland and the other parts of North 
Britain is not so numerous as either the Wood 
or Willow Warbler; neither is it common in Ire- 
land. It frequents woods and thickets, preferring 
the shades of solitary coverts and thick hedges. 
The nest, which is oval or rounded, and placed on 
or near to the ground, has a hole in the side, 
similar to that of the Willow Wren. It is formed 
of dry grass, withered leaves, &c., and lined with a 
quantity of feathers. The female lays five or six 
white eggs, speckled with dark purplish red. 
WARBLER, YELLOW-BILLED CHIFF- 
CHAFF. 
Mentopious Winttow Wren. 
SYLVA HIPPOLAIS, Temm. 
Although this beautiful songster cannot be said to 
be found in England, a specimen was shot in June, 
1848, at Kythorne, near Dover. It is well known 
on the Continent, inhabiting the gardens and hedge- 
rows of those portions of the coasts of France and 
Holland that are immediately opposite to our own, 
and appearing in fact to be distributed generally 
over Europe, from Sweden to the shores of the 
Mediterranean. Its mode of nesting differs from 
