EGGS OF SOMERSETSHIRE BIRDS. 157 
26.—C. hortensis.— Garden Warbler. 
Eggs of this species are rare, they are of a greenish white, 
speckled and spotted with ash green and light brown, 
the length 9 lines, breadth 63 lines. 
271.—C. cinerea.— Common Whitethroat. 
The colour of the egg of this bird is as that of the presed- 
ing, but more distinetly spotted. 
28.—C. sylviella.— Lesser Whitethroat. 
The eggs of this bird, which is uncommon, at least in this 
county, may be readily known from those of the pre- 
ceding by the purer white of the ground and the 
more distinet character of the spots; their size is 8 
lines in length, by 6 lines in breadth ; they breed in 
May. 
SYLVIA. 
23.—Sylvia Sibillatrix.— Wood Warb’er. 
S. Trochilus.— Willow Warbler. 
S. Hippolais.— Chiff Chaff. 
The distinetion between the eggs of these birds, though 
slight, is very appreciable. The nest of the wood 
warbler may be distinguished from the two others by 
the absence of a lining of feathers, used by them ; 
the spots also on the eggs of this species are very 
numerous, of a deep purple red colour on a reddish 
white ground, while those on the eggs of the willow 
warbler, are much smaller. The egg of the chiff 
chaff is sparingly spotted with purple red, and is 
slightly smaller than those of the foregoing, being 7 
lines in length by 54 lines in breadth. They breed 
early in May. 
REGULUS, 
30.—Regulus auricapillus.— Golden Orested Wren. 
The beautiful nest of this very elegant little bird will repay 
