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our well-known songster, and resembling it 

 generally in appearance. It differs, however, in 

 having the bill shining black instead of horn 

 colour, the under parts white instead of grey, 

 the legs brown instead of slate colour, and the 

 outer tail feathers margined with white instead 

 of being uniformly grey. In habits and mode 

 of life it assimilates, as might be expected, very 

 much to the species with which we are so 

 familiar. Those who have seen the nest^ state 

 that it is large for the size of the bird — a loose 

 and open structure, rather shallow, and gene- 

 rally placed in a low bush near the ground. 

 Mr. Yarrell has given very scanty information 

 about this species, particularly as regards its 

 geographical distribution, from which it might 

 be inferred that very little is known of it. 

 This, however, is not the case. 



While the Blackcap migrates almost due north 

 and south, the Orphean Warbler migrates west- 

 wards and northwards from the east and south- 

 east, and vice versd. In North-west India, par- 

 ticularly in the neighbourhood of Umballah, it 



