SYLVIIN^E. PHTLLOPNEUSTE. 149 



dish-purple spots. It is not nearly so common as the next 

 species. 



Wood Wren. Yellow Wren. Willie Muftis. 



Sylvia sylvicola, Lath. Ind. Ornith. Suppl. ii. 53. Sylvia 

 sibillatrix, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 223. Phyllopneuste syl- 

 vicola, Yellow Wood-wren, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 364. 



84. PHYLLOPNEUSTE TROCHILUS. WILLOW WOOD-WREN. 



Length about five inches ; wings of moderate length, the se- 

 cond quill shorter than the fifth, which, with the third and 

 fourth, has its outer web cut out towards the end ; upper parts 

 light greenish-brown, the feathers edged with yellowish-green ; 

 the cheeks and sides of the neck pale greyish-brown tinged 

 with yellow ; the fore neck and sides greyish-white, streaked 

 with yellow ; breast and abdomen white ; lower tail-coverts 

 yellowish-white. Young similar, with the upper parts lighter, 

 the yellow beneath brighter. 



Male, 5, 7|, 2 T \, ^, 9J, >T \, T V Female, 5 T 2 5 , 8. 



Arrives from the beginning to near the end of April, and 

 departs about the end of September. It inhabits woods, 

 thickets, and gardens, and is generally dispersed. Its song is 

 soft, mellow, and extremely pleasing, the first notes prolonged, 

 the rest gradually falling and becoming shorter. The nest is 

 lined with feathers, and arched over. The eggs, from four to 

 seven, seven and a half twelfths long, white, with light red 

 or purplish-red spots. 



Willow Warbler. Willow Wren. Ground Wren. Hay 

 Bird. Huckmuck. Willie Muftie. 



Motacilla Trochilus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. 338. Sylvia Tro- 

 chilus, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. i. 224. Phyllopneuste Trochi- 

 lus, Willow Wood-wren, MacGillivray, Brit. Birds, ii. 371. 



85. PHYLLOPNEUSTE HIPPOLAIS. SHORT-WINGED WOOD- 



WREN, OR CHIFF-CHAFF. 



Length about four inches and a half ; wings rather short, 

 the second quill about the same length as the seventh ; upper 

 parts light greenish-brown tinged with grey, the feathers 

 slightly edged with yellowish-green ; lower parts brownish- 

 white, tinged with yellow ; bill and feet dark brown. 



Male, 4|, 6, 2-^, / ? , T * 5 , / ? , T 2 . 



Although very similar to the Willow Wood-wren, this spe- 

 cies is easily distinguished by its shorter and more rounded 

 wings. In form it approaches to the Iteguli. It arrives about 

 the beginning of April, departs in October, is generally distri- 



