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GARDEN WARBLER. Sylvia saliearia, (L.) 



Yarrell, i. p. 414; Dresser, ii. p. 429; Sylvia hortensis, Harting, 

 p. 1 5 ; Seebohm, i. p. 400 ; Ibis List, p. i 3. 



The Garden Warbler is a late summer visitor, fre- 

 quenting shrubberies, woods, plantations, and gar- 

 dens, where its sweet soft song may often be heard 

 in May. 



WOOD WREN. Phylloscopus sibilatrix, (Bechstein). 



Yarrell, i. p. 427 ; Dresser, ii. p. 497 ; Seebohm, i. p. 426; Ibis 

 List, p. 1 7 ; Phyllopneuste sibilatrix, Harting, p. 1 7. 



A summer visitor ; the males precede the females 

 by several days. It frequents the wooded districts 

 of the county. A brood was hatched and reared 

 in Longthorns Wood in June 1871 ; the nest was 

 domed and placed on the ground, resembling that 

 of the Willow Wren, but differing from it in the 

 absence of feathers ; it was lined with grass and 

 hair. 



WILLOW WREN. Phylloscopus trochilus, (L.) 



Yarrell, i. p. 432; Dresser, ii. p. 491 ; Seebohm, i. p. 430; Ibis 

 List, p. 1 6 ; Phyllopneuste trochilus, Harting, p. 1 8 ; Mota- 

 cilla trochilus, Pulteney's List, p. 9. 



A common summer visitor, and one of the earliest 

 migrants to arrive. It may be seen as early as March, 

 flitting from branch to branch in search of food in 

 every crevice and angle with the utmost assiduity. 

 It builds its nest on the ground, which is lined with 

 a profusion of feathers. 



