302 TEN YEARS IN SWEDEN. 



Confined to the south-east of Sweden. Rare in Den- 

 mark, where, however, it breeds. Has only once been 

 observed in Finland. 



The nest is large, placed in a bush, and the eggs, gene- 

 rally five (not larger than those of the black cap, although 

 the bird appears considerably larger), are more spotted than 

 blotched, with ash grey on a white ground. Dr. Bree's 

 coloured figure gives a very good representation of the egg, 

 but his spots are rather larger than I have generally seen 

 them. 



SECTION 2. Ficedula, Bechst. Lusciola, Keys, and Bias. 



BUSH WAEBLERS. 



Beak slender, broader than high at the root ; tarsus 

 longer than the middle toe, smooth in front ; tail always 

 more or less red-brown; eyes and feet large. 



Frequent bushy tracts and thick-leaved plantations ; 

 build in banks, holes in stubs, between tree roots, generally 

 or never, far from the ground. The nest is large, and the 

 eggs, although they vary, are of one single uniform colour, 

 except in the robin, which is white, often thickly spotted 

 with red, so that the ground colour appears reddish. In 

 this class the females differ in colour from the males, more 

 than in any other, and the young at first are always 

 spotted. 



82. LITSCIOLA PHILOMELA, Keys, and Bias. Nordlig Nak- 



tergal. D. F. 



Is very similar to the common nightingale, but rather 

 larger, and the colours are duller. May, however, be 

 distinguished at once by the difference of the wing 

 feathers. The first is very small, pointed, and much 

 shorter than the nearest wing covert ; the second is 

 like the third, and longer than the fourth. In the 

 common nightingale, the first wing feather is equal 

 to the nearest covert, and the second is like the 

 fifth. 

 Is met with only in the south-eastern provinces of 



