SYLVIADJE. 83 



The food of the Bluethroated Warbler appears 

 to consist principally of earth-worms, insects and 

 berries. It appears to be fond of swampy ground, 

 woody borders of boggy heaths, and the banks of 

 streams:* in such situations the nest is usually 

 placed on the ground, amongst plants of bog myrtle, 

 in places overgrown with coarse grass, on the sides 

 of sloping banks, and in the bottom of stubs and 

 scrubby brushwood in wet situations : it is com- 

 posed of dead grass and moss, and lined with finer 

 grass. 



Captain Hadfield considers this bird to be smaller 

 than the Robin, which bird he says it much resembles 

 in many ways. Yarrell, however, seems to think it 

 larger, the respective lengths, according to him, being 

 that of the present species six inches, that of the 

 Robin five inches and three-quarters. 



The following descriptions are taken partly from 

 Yarrell and partly from Captain Hadfield's notes, 

 before mentioned : " The beak and irides are dark 

 brown ; over the eye is a pale streak ; the top of the 

 head, all the upper surface of the body and wings, 

 uniform clove-brown; outer edges of the wing- 

 feathers lighter brown ; the two middle tail-feathers 

 clove-brown throughout their whole length ; all the 

 other tail-feathers have the basal half pale chestnut, 



* See Yarrell, vol. i., p. 266 ; also Captain Hadfield's 

 notes. 



