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THE GARDEN WARBLER. 



(Sylvia hortensis.) 



O those who are unacquainted with the 

 bird, the Garden Warbler may be best de- 

 scribed as equal in size to the female Blackcap, 

 resembling it in colour without the chestnut 

 crown, having the belly pure white instead of 

 greyish white, and the legs lighter in colour. It 

 appears much later than the Blackcap, seldom 

 arriving before the end of April. Both sexes are 

 alike in outward appearance ; but it has been 

 ascertained, by careful observers who have dis- 



