THE FURZE-WREN. 



Come, fairy bird, and my sheltering trees 

 Shall shield thy wing from the ruffling breeze : 

 Come, merrily flit through the fragrant bed, 

 And visit each flower by the summer dew fed. 



Hail ! sylph-like bird, on thy airy wing ; 



Fly hither, fly hither, thou fairy thing. 



ORDER PASSERES. 

 The Furze- Wren, or Dartford Warbler. 



IVIotacilla Provincialis. LINN. Le Pitchou de Provence. 

 Burr. 







THIS elegant little bird, though abundant in 

 many parts of England, has hitherto been so 

 little known to ornithologists, that even Bewick 

 was unable to give more than a very meagre 

 account of it. It has the colours of the robin, 

 with a more graceful form. It is about five 

 inches in length, of which the tail is about one 

 half.* 



We are indebted to the kindness of the orni- 

 thological friend before referred to, for the fol- 

 lowing detailed account of its habits, which we 

 give in his own words. 



" This is a very interesting bird, and far from 



See Bewick, vol. i. page 234. 



