Periodical 
visitant. 
Food. 
Nest, &c. 
190 PASSERES. SYLVIA. YELLOW 
Fitis Sanger, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 248.—Fvisch, t. 24. f. 1. 
Yellow Wren, Br. Zool. 1. No. 151.—Arct. Zool.f2. No. 319.—White’s 
Hist. Selb. 28. 55.—Lath. Syn. 4. p. 512. 147.—_/d. Supp. 2. p. 238.— 
Mont. Ornith. Dict.—id. Supp.—Lewin’s Br. Birds, 3. t. 113.—Pult. Cat. 
Dorset. p. 9.—Don, Br. Birds, 1. t. 14. 
Scotch Wren, Br. Zool. 2. No. 152.—Arct. Zool. 2. p. 420.—Lath. Syn. 4. 
- old. 
Willow Wren, Bewick’s Br. Birds, 1. p. 222. 
Provincial, Ground Wren, Ground Huckmuck, Straws-meer. 
This species equals the foregoing one in size, but differs 
from it in having the upper parts tinged with yellow, and the 
colour of the back and scapulars more inclining to oil-green, 
with a tinge of grey. It precedes it also in its arrival in this 
country by a week or more, being usually either heard or 
seen in Northumberland about the middle of April; but, of 
course, earlier in the southern counties. It is also more ge- 
nerally dispersed, being met with in hedges and underwood, — 
as well as amongst trees of larger growth, where alone the 
wood-wren is to be found during its residence with us. Its 
striking similarity in shades of plumage and general appear- - 
ance, has caused it also to be frequently confounded with the 
Lesser Pettychaps (as I have before remarked in the deserip- 
tion of that bird), but the colour of the legs forms a strong 
point of distinction, being, in this bird, of a pale yellowish- 
brown, whilst those of the Pettychaps are always of a brown- 
ish-black. It also exceeds this latter bird in size. Its song 
is different from either of these two similar species, and con- 
sists of two or three notes, not unpleasingly modulated. Ac- 
cording to Montacu, it does not extend so far to westward 
as the wood-wren, and is a rare bird in Cornwall; but I have 
found it co-extensive with that species in the northern parts 
of the kingdom. It is of a very active nature, and in con- 
stant motion, flitting from branch to branch, in search of the 
smaller winged insects that form its food_—It commences ni- 
dification soon after its arrival, usually selecting some dry 
bank, side of ditch, or bush close to the ground.——The nest is 
composed of moss and dry grass, lined with feathers, of an 
oval shape, with a small opening near the top.—It lays six or 
seven eggs, white, with numerous reddish-brown spots to- 
