SEDGE WARBLER. 



WOOD WREN, CHIFFCHAFF, AND 

 SEDGE WARBLER. 



THERE is perhaps no group of birds which will more 

 puzzle the young naturalist than the two former of the 

 three birds now before us, and the little Willow Warbler 

 treated with in the preceding pages ; for it is only by 

 the closest observation we can distinguish them. The 

 Wood Wren is conspicuous by his large size and bright 

 yellow plumage, and the Chiffchaff is much the dullest 

 clothed in this pretty trio. But neither of these two 

 birds sings so low and plaintive as our little friend the 

 Willow W'arbler. 



First, then, we will take the Wood Warbler or Wood 

 Wren, and if the reader wishes to acquaint himself with 

 this pretty species he must seek it in the woods and 

 shrubberies. Sometimes, though rarely however, we see 

 it in the fields, the lanes, or the gardens, between the 

 months of May and September. To go at other times 

 would be useless, for the Wood Wren, like its two con- 



