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back is olive-green, darker than the willow-wren. It has 

 a small stripe of light colour behind the eye. The under- 

 parts are white, shaded with grey. The bird leaves us 

 again in the middle of October. In France they call this 

 bird Compteur cC Argent. 



THE WHITE-THROAT. 



The WHITE-THROAT (Sylvia cinerea^ Curruca cinered), or 

 the bird which hatches the cuckoo's egg, is of a reddish- 



THE WHITE-THROAT. 



brown colour on the back, the under-parts pale brownish- 

 white tinged with rose-colour, the chin and throat being 



