298 THE WARBLERS. 



nightingale attempted to surpass him ; but not succeeding 

 in its efforts, and finding itself over-matched, it at once 

 became silent, and in the course of a few days died of 

 sheer grief." 



The Brost-vattrad Sdngare that is, the Wavy-breasted 

 Warbler, Sw. (8. nisoria, Bechst.), is said to be confined 

 altogether to the more southern and south-eastern parts of 

 Sweden, and to the islands of Oland and Gottland. It 

 is found in Denmark, though somewhat sparingly as it 

 would seem. Migrates. 



According to Swedish naturalists, the resorts of this 

 bird are thick and leafy bushes, which border on mea- 

 dows and fields. Like the most part of its congeners, 

 it creeps amongst close thickets to pick up insects and 

 larvae. With one or two other warblers the white-throat, 

 for instance the male has the habit of rising perpendicularly 

 from a bush into the air, and from thence, whilst singing, 

 of lowering itself gradually, with outspread wings, in the 

 manner of the pipits. It builds its nest in a thick bush ; 

 the female lays from four to five eggs of a whitish colour, 

 marked with red-grey, or ash-grey spots. 



The Black-cap Warbler (Svart-hufvad Sdngare, Sw. ; 

 8. atricapilla, Lath.) was rather scarce in my vicinity. 

 This bird is found, though in no great abundance, through- 

 out nearly the length and breadth of Scandinavia, from 

 the extreme south of Sweden to the far north. In appear- 

 ance it much resembles the greater pettychaps ; and its 

 song, which is varying and beautiful, is not unlike that 

 bird's. Migrates. 



The Greater Pettychaps (Tradgdrds-Sdngare, or Garden- 

 Warbler, Sw. ; 8. hortensis, Lath.) was pretty common 



