300 TEN YEARS IN SWEDEN. 



I have seen an occasional robin in the Wermland forests 

 during the severest winter. 



They are for the most part small, plain-coloured little 

 birds., frequenting bushes, groves, plantations, and reeds, 

 and all sing more or less well. In most species the female 

 differs very little in plumage from the male. 



SECTION 1. Sylvia, Keys, and Bias. Curruca, Bechst. 



TEEE WARBLERS. 



Beak small, as high at the root as it is broad; legs 

 rather short, toes weak. Distinguished by their uniform 

 dull grey colour, are very lively and all good singers. They 

 build deep but thin nests, in bushes or small trees, and 

 the eggs of all may be at once known by their grey-brown, 

 shiny, mottled character, not spotted. Those of the black 

 cap, are much larger than any of the others. Those of the 

 garden warbler, and white throat, are often very much alike 

 in size and markings. Those of the lesser white throat, much 

 smaller than any. Number of eggs four to six. Frequent 

 gardens, woods, and plantations. 



77. SYLVIA ATRICAPILLA, Lath. Svarthufvad Sangare. 



The Blackcap. D. F. 



Length 6 in.; colour ash grey above, with an olive 

 green tinge ; throat, breast, and sides pale ash grey ; 

 head in male black, in female brown ; legs lead coloured. 

 The first wing feather longer than the nearest covert, 

 second much shorter than fourth. 



Is sparingly distributed over this whole continent, from 

 the extreme south at least, as far up as Tornea Lapland. I 

 think it is the finest songster of all. 



78. S. HORTENSIS, Bechst. Tradgard Sangare. The 



Garden Warbler. D. F. 



Length 5 in.; first wing feather much shorter than 

 the nearest covert ; second longer than the fourth ; third 

 longest; colour above brown olive grey; breast and 



