British Willow Wrens. 519 
Woop Wren (Sy‘tv1a Sytvi‘cota). (fig. 126. a.) 
Synonymes. — Wood Wren: Mont. Ornith. Dict.; Selby’s 
Br. Ornith., pt.i. p. 188. pl. 47. £2. Yellow Wren, or Wood 
Wren: Bew. Br. Birds, ed.1826, v.i. p.255. Bec-fin Sif- 
fleur (Sylvia sibilatrix) : Temm. Man. d’Ornith., ed. 2. p. 223. 
Specific Character. — Belly and under tail-coverts pure 
white; closed wings reaching nearly to within half an inch of 
the tip of tail ; first quill very short, the second a trifle longer 
than the fifth, third and fourth the longest, and of equal or 
nearly equal length; length 5% in.; breadth 83 in.; weight 
about 5 drachms 20 grains (avoirdupois). 
The wood wren may be easily known from the other two 
by the greater brightness of its colours, and the more distinct 
line over the eye. Both sexes are similar in plumage, and I 
believe the young to resemble their parents. The eggs are 
said by Montagu to be white spotted with purplish, and by 
Selby with purplish red; but those I have seen I should de- 
scribe as white, with numerous rusty brown spots, in some 
the spots of a blackish brown. On account of the greater 
darkness of the spots, the eggs may be easily known from 
those of the yellow wren and lesser pettychaps. I have met 
with the wood wren sparingly in Kent, where it appears about 
the 20th of April. It is plentiful in North Wales. The 
habits, nest, and note of this bird, as well as of the other two, 
will be found correctly given by Montagu and Selby, and I 
shall not repeat their descriptions. 
Yettow Wren (Sy'tvia Tro’cui.us). ( fig. 126. d.) 
Synonymes.— Yellow Wren: Mont. Ornith. Dict. ; Selby’s 
Br. Ornith., pt. i. p. 189. pl. 47. f.3. Willow Wren: Br. 
Zool. folio, p. 101. pl. S. f.2.; Bew. Br. Birds, ed. 1826, v. i. 
p- 257. Bec-fin Pouillor; Temm. Man. d’Ornith., 2d edit. 
p-. 224. 
