﻿5*2 WARBLE R, 



to M. Muller ; but what the bird really is, cannot be by this 

 bare name decided *. 



147. Motacilla trochilus, Lin. Syjl. i. p. 338. N° 49. — Faun. Suec. N° 264 



+■ YELLOW W. Scop. ami. i. N° 238.— Kram. el. p. 378. N° 22.— Brun. N° 286.— 



Muller, N" 281. — Frifch. t. 24. f. 2. 

 Motacilla Hifpanica, Hajftlq. Voy. 287. 52. 

 Le Pouillot, ou Chantre, Brif. orn. iii. p. 479. N° 45. — Buf. oif. v. p. 344. — 



PL enl. 65.1 f. i. 

 Small Yellow Bird, Rati Syn. p. 80. A. 10. — Will, em. p. 228. 

 Green Wren, Albin. ii. pi. 86. 6. 

 Yellow Wren, Br. Zool. N° 151.-^5. Zoo/. 



Br. Muf. Lev. Muf. 



Description. ^J 1 H I S fpecies is very little bigger than the Wren: the 



length four inches three quarters. The upper parts pale olive 



green j the under pale yellow, and a ftreakofthe laft over the 



eyes : the wings and tail are brown, edged with yellowiih green : 



legs yellowifh. 



Female. The female is paler, and inclines much to white at the vent: 



and indeed both males and females vary much in colour. 

 Place and This little bird is pretty common with us in England, as well 



Manners. as j n man y other parts of Europe f., where it chiefly frequents 

 places where willows grow : it is migratory, but comes pretty 

 early. Makes the neft in the holes at the roots of trees, hollows 

 of dry banks, and fuch-like places : it is round, not unlike 

 that of the Wren j formed of mofs, with a lining of wool, hair, 



* Zool. Dan. Prad. N° 284. It is as likely to prove our Crimfon-croivncd 

 Finch, p. 259. as any other. 



f I have likewife frequently met with it in Chine/e drawings. 



or 



