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THE WILLOW WARBLER. 



{Phylloscopus irockilus.) 



HE Willow Warbler is much more 

 generally distributed than the last-named 

 bird ; but it is possible that it is considered 

 commoner from the difference in the haunts of 

 the two species — the Wood Warbler, as already 

 remarked, keeping further away from habitations. 

 As a rule, the Willow Wren arrives in this 

 country about the end of the first week in 

 April — that is to say, before the Wood Warbler, 



