THE WILLOW WARBLER. 



(Phylloscopus trochilus.} 



T^HE Willow Warbler is much more 

 generally distributed than the last-named 

 bird; but it is possible that it is considered 

 commoner from the difference in the haunts of 

 the two species the Wood Warbler, as already 

 remarked, keeping further away from habitations. 

 As a rule, the Willow Wren arrives in this 

 country about the end of the first week in 

 April that is to say, before the Wood Warbler, 



