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berries : to these Meyer adds the caterpillar of the 

 cabbage butterfly, which he says, though rejected by 

 most birds, is eagerly devoured by the Garden War- 

 bler. 



Yarrell mentions, quoting a note from Herbert's 

 edition of White's Selborne, that the nest has been 

 found in a row of peas and pea- sticks in a garden : 

 the usual place, however, appears to be in some low 

 bush or amongst rank herbage : it is made of much 

 the same materials as that of the Blackcap. 



The Garden Warbler has the beak dark brown ; 

 irides hazel ; general colour of all the upper parts 

 greyish olive ; quill primaries and secondaries dusky; 

 tertials not quite so dark, and narrowly edged with 

 olive- green ; tail the same. The under parts are 

 nearly white, inclining to olive-green on the flanks. 



The egg is something like, but rather smaller 

 than, that of the Blackcap : those in my collection, 

 if genuine (I did not take them myself), have much 

 more rufous spots. Hewitson himself, however, 

 seems to be in some doubt on this subject; so I can 

 only advise any of my readers who are collecting 

 eggs, if they are fortunate enough to find a nest of 

 the Garden Warbler, to be very careful in identi- 

 fying the birds before they take the eggs. 



WHITETHROAT, Curruca cinerea. The White- 

 throat excites the ire of the gardener more than any 

 other bird, except perhaps some of the Tits, and 

 probably not without some cause ; for in the autumn, 



