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MELODIOUS WILLOW WARBLER. 



MELODIOUS WILLOW WREN. 



PLATE CXXVIII. 

 Sylvia hippolais, TEMMINCK. 



MR. Gould says that this species builds on trees, 

 as well as at times in shrubs in gardens. 



The eggs are five in number, of a reddish white 

 or dull brown pink colour, blotted and speckled with 

 spots and dots of darker red or blackish purple. 



The first variety given by Thieneman is of a pale 

 reddish yellow-brown ground, with a few small black 

 spots and dots all over. 



Another is of a very pale dull grey ground, tinged 

 with pink, with numerous small light brown spots. 



A third is of a light pinkish grey ground, with 

 some dull dusky grey and light bluish spots, and a 

 few brown ones, chiefly at the base. 



A fourth variety is of a dull pink colour, with two 

 or three large blackish spots, and a few smaller ones 

 throughout. 



J. R. Wise, Esq., of Lincoln College, Oxford, has 

 kindly forwarded two specimens for the use of this 

 work. 



