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CERTHIAD/E. 



INSESSORES. 



SCANSORES. 



CERTHIADjE. 



THE WREN. 



Sylvia troglodytes, 

 Motacilla ,, 



The TFrew, 

 Common 

 The 

 Troglodytes vulgaris, Common 

 ,, ,, Europxus 



Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 516. 



Mont. Ornith. Diet. 



Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 272. 



Flem. Brit. An. p. 73. 



Selbv, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. p. 390. 



Jenyns, Brit. Vert. p. 153. 

 ,, ,, The ,, Gould, Birds of Europe, pt. V. 



Sylvia troglodytes, Troglodyte ordinaire, Temm. Man. d'Ornith.vol. i. p. 233. 

 Troglodytes vulgaris, ,, ,, ,, Supplt. p. 160. 



Generic Characters. — Beak very slender, slightly curved, pointed, the edges 

 of the mandibles entire, without any depression or notch. Nostrils oval, co- 

 vered with a membrane. Wings very short, t;oncave, rounded ; the first feather 

 rather short, the fourth or fifth feather the longest. Tail short. Feet rather 

 long, slender ; the middle toe united at the base to the outer toe, but not to the 

 inner toe. 



Our little established favourite, the Wren, was formerly 

 included among the Warblers ; but the similarity in the 



