98 WILLOW WARBLER. 



and the male feeds her on the nest, she chattering to him the while, 

 and he to her, and sometimes takes her place in the course of the day, 

 while she searches for food. 



The young are hatched the end of May or beginning of June, and 

 are fledged about the middle or end of that month, or the beginning 

 of July. A second brood, if reared, is abroad by the beginning of 

 August. 



One is of a dull greyish white ground with some small spots of 

 yellowish brown at the thick end, and smaller spots of the same 

 throughout. 



Another variety is of a greyish white colour tinged with pinkish 

 yellow, with a band of light reddish brown spots near the larger end, 

 with smaller and paler spots all over. 



The next is of a dull white ground, with very small light yellowish 

 brown spots all over. 



J. R. De C. Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford, has favoured me 

 with the loan of the nest and egg of this bird. 



