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WOOD WARBLER. 



YELLOW WAEBLEE. WOOD WEEN. LAEGEE WILLOW WEEK. 

 TELLOW WILLOW WEEN. GEEEN WEEN. 



Sylvia sylvicola, PENNANT. 



Motacilla trochilus, BEWICK. 



Sylvia sibilatrix, SELBY. 



Curruca sibilatrix, FLEMING. 



Regulus non-cri&tatus major, WILLUGHBY. 



Sylvia. Sylva A wood. Sylvicola An inhabitant of woods. 



Sylva A wood. * Colo To inhabit. 



THIS little bird is also a native of Europe, being met with 

 from Germany, Holland, and France, to Sweden. It is not 

 however anywhere very plentiful. 



It passes the winter in Asia and Africa, Egypt, and other 

 northern parts. 



It is not uncommon in most of the southern counties, as 

 far west as Devonshire, and Montagu says Cornwall; also in 

 Suffolk, Norfolk, Derbyshire, Durham, and Northumberland. 

 In Cambridgeshire it is said to be more rare. It advances 

 some way into Scotland, and is found also in Wales. 



It betakes itself to woods and plantations, preferring those 

 of larger size to smaller thickets, and gardens, frequenting 

 those where ancient trees flourish the wide-spreading beech, 

 and the noble oak, the graceful birch, and the stately pine, 

 'fit for the mast of some great ammiral.' 



The Wood Warbler arrives at periods varying from the 

 latter end of April to the early part of May. The males 

 precede the females by a week or ten days. 



In its habits it is the reverse of shy, often admitting of a 

 very close approach, and when engaged with its nest is very 

 bold. It is at the same time lively and restless, and its 



