430 BRITISH BIRDS. 



PHYLLOSCOPUS TROCHILUS. 

 WILLOW-WREN. 



(Plate 10.) 



Ficedula asilus, Sriss. Oni. iii. p, 479 (1760). 



Motacilla trocliilus, Lijin. Si/sf. ^V(rf. i. p. .3:iS (17(;(j) ; et auctorum plurimorum — 



(Temminclc), {Naumann), {Gould), {BonapaHe) , {Deglancl 8)- Oerhe), (Loche), 



{Grill/), {Newton), (Shnrpe), {Dresser'), Sfc. 

 Sylvia trocliilus (Liroi.), Scop. Ann. I. Hist. Nat. p. 160 (1769). 

 Motacilla fitis, Bechst. Nattirg. Deutschl. iv. p. 678 (1795). 

 Sylvia fltis {Bechst.), Bechst. Orn. Taschenb. i. p. 187 (1802). 

 Ficedula fitis {Bechst.}, Koch, Syst. baier. Zool. i. p. 159 (181(i). 

 Sylvia flaviventrls, rieill. N Diet. d'JIi.^f. Nat. xi. p. 241 (1817). 

 Trocliilus medius, Forst. Syn. Cat. p. 54 (1817). 

 Phylloscopus trochilus (Linn.), Boie, Isis, 1826, p. 972. 

 Regulus trochilus {Linn.), Fleming, Brit. An. p. 72 (182.S). 

 Phyllopneuste. arborea, Brehm, T'lii/. Deutschl. p. 427 (1831). 

 Phyllopneuste fitis (Bechst.), Brehm, Vnij. Deutschl. p. 427 (1831). 

 Phyllopneuste trocliilus {Linn.), Brehm, Viig. Deutschl. p. 429 (1831). 

 Sylvia melodia, Blytli, Bennie's Field Nat. i. p. 425 (1833). 

 CuiTuca viridula, Hempr. §■ Elirenb. Symh. Phys., Aves,io\. bb (183-j). 

 Sylvioola trochilus (Linn.), Eytim, Cat. Brit. B. p. 13 (1.^36). 

 Ficedula trochilu.s (Linn.), Keys. n. Bias. Wirb. Eur. p. 185 (1840). 

 Sylvia tamarixis, Crespon, Fauna Merid. i. p. 209 (1844). 

 Sylvia augusticauda, Gerbe, Faun, de I'Aube, p. 139, fide Degl. Orn. Eur. i. p. 549 



(1849). 

 Phyllopneuste eversmanni, Bonap. Consp. i. p. 280 (1860). 

 Silvia meisneri, rUssler, Naum. 1851, p. 50. 



Phyllopneuste major, Tristram, Ann. Nat. Hist. 1871, ^A\i. p. 29 {nee Forster). 

 Phylloscopus gaetkii, Seebohni, Lbis, 1877, p. 92. 

 Phyllopseuste trochilus {Linn.), Giehel, Thes. Orn. iii. p. 121 (1877). 



Of all the Willow- Warblers the common Willow- Wren, as it is generally 

 called, is the most abundant and the most widely distributed. The exqui- 

 site delicacy of its plumage, the slender gracefulness of its form, its active 

 Tit-like habits, its pretty little song, and, above all, its carefully concealed 

 domed nest and beautiful pink eggs make it a general favourite. There 

 is scarcely a plantation, or garden, or copse in Great Britain or Ireland 

 where the Willow- Wren is not a 'common bird in the breeding-season. 

 On the continent it is equally common. I found it abundant on the fjelds 

 of Lapland both in the Porsanger and Varauger fjords ; and on the tundras 

 of the Petchora and Yencsay, up to lat. 70°, wherever the valleys were shel- 

 tered enough to allow of the growth of willow copses. It breeds through- 

 out Central aud Western Europe, a few even remaining during summer in 

 North-west Africa ; but towards the east its breeding range does not 

 extend so far south. There is no evidence of its breeding in South Russia ; 



