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WOOD WARBLER. 



YELLOW WARBLER. WOOD WREN. GREEN WREN. 

 LARGER WILLOW WREN. YELLOW WILLOW WREN. 



PLATE CXXVI. 



Sylvia sylvicola, PENNANT. 



Mo/acil/a trochihis, BEWICK. 



Svh'i'i sibilatrix, SEI.BY. 



Curruca sibilatrix, FLEMING. 



Regulus non-crislatus major, WILLUGHBV. 



r~TlHE 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, 



