ORPHEAN WARBLER. 99 



ORPHEAN WARBLER. 



PLATE CXXII. 



Sylvia Orphea, TEMMINCK. 



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. for 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 occur- 

 rence was published in the 'Zoologist,' page 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, and among stones on 

 the ground. It is compiled of small twigs, leaves, and 

 long grass, interwoven with horse hair. 



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. 



