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On the south coast it shows itself most commonly 

 early in the autumn ; it is then on the point of 

 leaving us for the winter. 



The nest of this species is a particularly light 

 and finely-interwoven structure, being just 

 sufficiently strong to carry the weight of the 

 young brood, and at the same time so slightly built 

 as almost to give the impression of being old and 

 deserted. 



The specimens in the case were taken in a 

 clap-net close to Brighton, in August, 1869. 



WOODWREN. 



Case 35. 



The Wood wren is another summer visitor. I 

 have noticed this bird as being particularly 

 numerous in the wildest glens of Perthshire, Ross- 

 shire, and Caithness. 



When observed in the south, in the neighbour- 

 hood of Brighton, it appears to have a partiality for 

 high trees, especially beech ; the fine old timber in 

 Stanmer Park being one of the favourite haunts of 

 this bird. In the north, however, it is forced to put 

 up with the stunted birch and fir that alone appear 

 to thrive in the rocky glens it frequents. The nest 

 is placed on the ground, generally at no great 

 distance from the roots of a tree. 



The specimens were obtained in Glenlyon, in 

 Perthshire, in June, 1867. 



GARDEN WARBLER, 



Case 36. 



The Garden Warbler, like the Black Cap 

 and Nightingale, is only a visitor to our shores, 

 being found during summer in most of the 

 English counties ; its unobtrusive habits and sober 



