BRITISH SONG-BIRDS. 149 



THE WILLOW-WREN. 



GROUND-WREN, OR YELLOW WILLOW-WREN. 



SYLVIA TROCHILUS; LATHAM. MOTACILLA TRO- 



CHILUS; LINN^US. LE POUILLOT, LE CHANTRE; 



BUFFON. 



There are three wrens so similar in size, plu- 

 mage, and habits, that they have been often con- 

 founded : — the yellow-wren of Montagu, or yellow 

 willow- wTen of White and Bewick ; the willow- 

 wren of White and Bewick, or the reed-wren of 

 Montagu ; and the wood- wren of that author, or 

 the least willow-wren of Wliite and Bewick. We 

 shall confine oiu'selves at present to the ^villow, or 

 yellow willow-wren ; because, when we describe it, 

 we nearly describe the other two, — ^but still more, 



