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ORD. III. GEN. XL WARBLER. 



SPE. VI. HEDGE WARBLER. 



PI. 103. 



Motacilla modularis. Lin. Syft. I. p. 329. 



La Fauvette de haye, ou Pafle-bufe. Brif. Orn. III. p. 394. 



This fpecies is fo common with us in England, at all feafons, and fo well 

 known, that a minute defcription can fcarcely be neceflary. The upper part of 

 the body is brown, inclining to afh colour in fome places, and interfperfed with 

 dufky fpots : the throat and bread are of a dull afh colour : the belly of a dirty 

 white : the legs of a dull flefh colour. The male and female are much alike, 

 but the colours of the latter are more dull. 



It makes its neft in hedges, compofing it of mofs and wool, and lining it 

 with hair. It remains with us throughout the winter. The eggs are four or 

 five in number, of a fine pale blue, not unlike thofe of the redtail, but fomewhat 

 more round, and larger. This bird is commonly known by the name of the 

 hedge- fparrow. 



For the egg, fee PI. XXIII. Fig. 3. 



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