THE GARDEN WARBLER. 



Sylvia hortensis. — Latham. 



HIS active little visitor to our 

 gardens and orchards may be 

 regarded quite as a typical bird 

 of its tribe. It belongs to the 

 Si/ 1 via da. whose principal dis- 

 tinguishing feature is the bill, 

 which is of moderate length, 

 slender make, and tapers from 

 a broad base to the extremity ; 

 it is slightly curved, and the 

 nostrils at the base are placed 

 in a membraneous groove, 

 having the openings uncovered. 

 The Garden Warbler is a songster 

 of no common merit, its notes 

 being rich, full, varied, and 

 melodious ; and the song is 

 not unf'requently sustained for 

 nearly half-an-hour at a time. 

 Perhaps the Garden Warbler is 

 scarcely so accomplished a vo- 

 calist as the Blackcap, but on 

 the other hand some of its 

 notes are superior, and quite 



