BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 477 



WARBLER, WOOD. Also WOOD WREN. 



(Phylloscopus sibilatrix^ 

 Order PASSERES ; Family SYLVIID^E (WARBLERS). 



Description of Parent 

 Birds. Length about five 

 inches ; bill rather short, 

 slender, slightly curved, and 

 brown ; crown, nape, lesser 

 wing - coverts, back, and 

 upper tail - coverts olive- 

 green, tinged with yellow ; 

 wings and tail dusky, bor- 

 dered with yellow of varying 



shades. A line of bright primrose-yellow runs from 

 the base of the bill over the eye and ear-coverts ; 

 cheeks, chin, throat, and breast yellow ; belly, vent, 

 and under tail-coverts white ; legs, toes, and claws 

 brown. It is distinguished from the Willow Warbler 

 by its broader yellow band over the eye, greener 

 upper- and whiter under-parts, and longer wings. 



The female is said to be a trifle larger than the 

 male, but is similar in plumage. 



Situation and Locality. On the ground amongst 

 thick herbage or dead brackens, in old plantations, 

 woods, and other places well supplied with tall trees. 

 Scattered generally throughout England and Wales, 

 most numerous in some parts of Yorkshire and 

 Durham. Met with in Scotland, but rare in Ireland. 

 Materials. Dead grass, moss, and leaves, lined 

 with fine grass and horsehair. Rarely feathers are 

 said to be found, but I have never met with any. 

 It is oval, and domed like those of the Chiffchaff and 



