22G INSESSORES. SYLVIA. YELLOW WREN. 



YELLOW WREN. 



SYLVIA TROCHILUS, Lath. 

 PLATE XLVII. FIG. 3. 



Sylvia trochilus, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 550. sp. 15. 5. 



MotaciUa trochilus, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 338. 49. Gmel. Syst. 1. p. 995. sp. 49. 



Asilus, JBriss. Orn. v. 3. p. 479. 45 Rail Syn. p. 80. A. 10 Will. p. 164. 



MotaciUa acredula, Linn. Syst. 1. p. 338. 49. B. 



Becfin a poitrine jaune, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. 1. 222. 



Le Grand Pouillot, Cuv. Reg. Anim. 1. 369. 



Gelebauchiger Sanger, Meyer, Tasschenb. 1. 246. 



Yellow Wren, Br. Zool. 1. No. 151 Arct. Zool. 2. No. 319. White's 



Hist. Selb. 28. 55 Lath. Syn. 4. p. 512. 14?. Id. Supp. 2. p. 238 



Mont. Ornith. Diet Id. Supp Lewirfs Br. Birds, 3. t. 113 Pult. Cat. 



Dorset, p. 9. Don. Br. Birds, 1. 1. 14. 

 Scotch Wren, Br. Zool. 2. No. 152. Arct. Zool. 2. p. 420 Lath. Syn. 4. 



p. 513. 

 Willow Wren, BewicWs Br. Birds, 1. p. 222. 



PROVINCIAL Ground Wren, Ground Huckmuck, Straws-meer. 



Periodical THIS species equals the foregoing one in size, but differs 

 from it in having the under parts tinged with yellow, and the 

 colour of the back and scapulars more inclining to oil-green, 

 with a tinge of grey. It precedes it also in its arrival in this 

 country by a week or more, being usually either heard or 

 seen in Northumberland about the middle of April ; but, of 

 course, earlier in the southern counties. It is also more ge- 

 nerally dispersed, being met with in hedges and underwood, 

 as well as amongst trees of larger growth, where alone the 

 Wood- Wren is to be found during its residence with us- 

 Its striking similarity in shades of plumage and general ap- 

 pearance, has caused it also to be frequently confounded with 

 the Lesser Pettychaps (as I have before remarked in the de- 

 scription of that bird) ; but the colour of the legs forms a 

 strong point of distinction, being, in this bird, of a pale yel- 

 lowish-brown, whilst those of the Pettychaps are always of a 

 brownish-black. It also exceeds this latter bird in size. Its 

 song is different from either of these two similar species, and 

 consists of two or three notes, not unpleasingly modulated. 



