4G 
150N E I, I, I ’.S WA 11 15 L E K, 
wiugs reach to half the length of tail; first (juill longer than the 
sixth, and equal to the fifth; the secoud longest. Tail brownish 
grey, with fifteen dark shaded bands crossing it; feet light brown 
or grey. 
Length of an adult male sent me by M. E. Ycrrcaux, four inches 
and a half; carpus to tip two inches and a half. Tail two inches. 
Tarsus eight tenths of an inch. Female about same. 
This pretty little Warbler, tlic congener of our Willow 
Wren and Cliiff Chaff, has a wide range in the south 
of Europe. It is found in Spain, in the south of 
France being common in Provence, in Italy, Switzerland, 
the Tyrol, and Salzbourg. It has occurred in the Crimea, 
and a single specimen is stated by Gloger to have been 
captured in Central Germany. It is included in Cap- 
tain Loche’s Catalogue of the Birds of Algeria, and, as 
Count Miihle remarks, would probably be found farther 
north, were it not often mistaken for the other Willow 
Wrens. It passes the winter in Arabia and Egypt. It 
does not appear to have been found in Greece. 
The term Laubsanger, given to this group by the 
German naturalists, refers to their similarity in colour 
to the foliage of large trees, which they affect much more 
than bushes or shrubs. Bonelli’s Warbler is found 
generally inhabiting wood-covered hills, preferring alders, 
larches, and hazels, to all other trees. Like the other 
Willow Wrens, it is also found frequently in gardens, 
and I have no doubt like them feasts upon the fruit. 
It is also often found on the banks of rivers. 
It is a very cautious bird, and easily frightened, and 
then is very shy; but if unmolested it will approach 
dwelling-houses fearlessly. 
The song is described by Count Miihle as the most 
monotonous of all the Laubsangers. It builds its nest 
in more exposed situations than its congeners, and 
