114 BIRDS OF SOMERSETSHIRE. 



is made of moss, dry grass and dead leaves, and 

 lined with feathers. In consequence of the situa- 

 tion in which the nest is placed, I have frequently 

 known it destroyed by being trampled on by sheep 

 or other stock. 



The Willow Warbler very much resembles the 

 Chiffchaff, and has often been mistaken for it ; but 

 it may be easily known from that bird by the colour 

 of the legs, which in this species are a light flesh- 

 colour, while those of the Chiffchaff are almost 

 black. 



In the Willow Warbler the beak is brown ; the 

 under mandible pale yellow, brown at the base ; 

 irides hazel; the head, neck, back, scapulars and 

 tail-coverts darkish olive-green ; wing-coverts and 

 tertials dusky, margined with olive-green ; primary 

 quills dusky, with very narrow edges of olive -green 

 on the outer web ; the tail-feathers are also margined 

 with the same colour ; there is a streak of pale yellow 

 over the eye ; the cheeks and ear- coverts are nearly 

 the same as the back, but mixed with yellow ; throat, 

 breast, flanks, belly and under tail-coverts dull white, 

 tinged with yellow there is a darker shade in the 

 breast; legs, toes and claws a pale sort of flesh- 

 colour. In a young bird of the year the breast is a 

 very bright yellow, and the feathers on the upper 

 parts more margined with a yellowish shade. 



The eggs very much resemble those of the Blue 

 Tit, both in size and colour, and may easily be mis- 



