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WOOD WAEBLER. 



YELLOW WARBLEE. WOOD WEEN. LABGEB WILLOW WEEN. 

 YELLOW WILLOW WEEN. GEEEN WEEN. 



PLATE CXXVI. 



Sylvia sylvicola, PESSAITX. 



Motacilla trochilus, BEWICK. 



Sylvia gibilatrix, SELBY. 



Curruca sibilatrix, FLEMING. 



Begulus non-cristatus major, WILLUGHBY. 



THE nest, which is domed, and of an oval shape, is almost always 

 placed on the ground, among herbage in woods, the entrance being 

 through a small hole in the side. It is made of grasses, leaves, and 

 moss, cleverly, but not thickly, interwoven, lined with the finer parts 

 of the first and hair. It is well concealed, and is usually to be found 

 on the side of some slope, where the sun's rays gaining transitory 

 admittance through the boughs above encourage the vegetation, and 

 dispel the dank and humid atmosphere which otherwise would prevail 

 in such a place. Mr. Sweet says that he has often found the nest on 

 the stump of a tree. 



The eggs six, or more commonly seven in number, are of a white 

 ground colour, thickly spotted and speckled all over with dark purple, 

 red, and grey, forming a mass at the larger end. Some are, however, 

 much less marked than others. 



One is of a white ground with blackish brown spots, and a few 

 blots irregularly over. 



Another is of the same ground with some distinct dark reddish 

 brown spots at the thicker end, and smaller spots of the same all 

 over. 



