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OBPHEAN WAEBLER. 



PLATE COH. 



Sylvia OrpTiea, TEMMDTCK;. 



Sylvia grisea, VIELLOT. 



Curruca Orphea, GOULD. 



A SPECIMEN of this bird was shot on the 6th. of July, 1848, in 

 a small plantation near Wetherby, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, 

 and preserved by Mr. Graham, of York, for William Mordaunt Edward 

 Milner, Esq., M.P. of York. It was a female, and appeared to have 

 been sitting the same summer: the male bird was also observed with 

 it for a considerable time previously. An account of this interesting 

 occurrence was published in the 'Zoologist/ pages 3107-8-9-10. 



The Orphean Warbler builds sometimes in low bushes, often in 

 company with others of the same species, and not uncommonly in 

 holes of rocks and walls, as also in the eaves and roofs of deserted 

 and isolated houses and buildings. 



The eggs are four or five in number, nearly white, irregularly 

 marked with yellowish blots and brown spots, chiefly at the larger 

 end. 



One is of a greyish colour, spotted with a few green spots mostly 

 at the thicker end. 



A second variety is of a greyish white, with a few very small light 

 yellowish green spots all over. 



A third is also of a whitish grey, with large blots and spots of 

 green. 



The plate is from a drawing sent by W. F. W. Bird, Esq., with his 

 usual kindness, together with two specimens from the collection of 

 Frederick Bond, Esq., to be coloured from for this work. 



