GARDEN WARBLER 



GREATER PETTYCHAPS. 



PLATE CXXIII. 



Sylvia hortensis, . . . LATHAM. BECHSTEIN. 



Curruca hortensis, . . . SELBY. 



"^HE nest of this well-known migrant is made of the 

 bents of straws and small roots, mixed sometimes 

 with a small quantity of moss, and lined with a little wool 

 or horse-hair, and fine fibres of plants. It is generally 

 placed between the branches of some low blackthorn, white- 

 thorn, or other bush not far from the ground, as also at 

 times on the ground among the taller wild plants. It is 

 rather loosely constructed. One is said to have been found 

 in an open field among some tares, and it has been found 

 among peas or gooseberry bushes in gardens. Mr. Jesse 

 mentions his having found one three times in succession 

 among some ivy growing against a wall. It is not very 

 carefully concealed. 



The eggs are four or five in number, of a dull yellowish 

 grey, or pale brown, spotted and blotted with darker mark- 

 ings of the latter colour. 



Both male and female are believed to take their turn on 

 the nest. Only one brood, as a rule, is commonly reared in 

 the season. 



