z66 WILLOW-WREN. Clafs II. 



VIII. The WILLOW-WREN. 



Chofti, ou Chanteur. Be/on emv. Le Pouillot, ou chantre. Afilusv 

 344- Brijfon a<v. iii. 479. 



Trochilus. Gefher av. 726. Motacilla trochilus. Lin. fyft. 



Afilus. Aldr. a<v. ii. 293. 338. 



Little yellowifli Bird. Wil. orn. Faun.Suec.jp. 264. 



228. Spurre-Konge, Fager-Fiis. Br. 



Raiijyn. a<v. 80. 286. 



Ed%v. a-u. 278. Br. Zool. ioi . plate S. f. 2. S. Z. 



SchmittL Kra,m. 37$. f. 1. 



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H E willow-wren frequents large moifl; woods, 

 and places where thofe trees abound from 

 which it takes its name. Its weight is about two 

 Defer, drams. The color of the whole upper part of the 

 body is a dufky green : the wings and tail are brown, 

 edged with yellowifh green : above each eye is a yel- 

 lowifli ftroke; the bread, belly, and thighs vary in 

 their color in different birds ; in fome are of a bright 

 yellow, in others it fades almofl into white. It builds 

 in hollows in the fides of ditches, making its neft: in 

 the form of an egg •, with a large hole at the top, as an 

 entrance : the outfide is compofed of mofs and hay,, 

 the infide lined with foft feathers. It lays common- 

 ly feven white eggs, marked with numerous fmafl 

 rutl-colored fpots. It has a low plaintive note ; and 

 is perpetually creeping up and down the bodies and 

 boughs of trees. 



IX. The. 



