XXIX. WOOD WARBLER 



(Phylloscopus sibilatrix.} 



FROM a fresh specimen shot at Eoshven, where it seems to be a 

 regular summer visitor, though Yarrell says he is not aware of 

 any record of its appearance in Scotland. 



It inhabits an old fir wood. It is less common with us than 

 either the Willow Warbler or the White-throat. 



The White-throat is common here in summer, but not very 

 numerous. It keeps very much out of sight, in " leafy labyrinths," 

 hunting for insects among the bushes and under the leaves. 

 Unlike many of the soft-billed, insect-eating summer visitors, its 

 notes are rather harsh. 



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