m. 



X 40 ) 



ORD. III. GEN. XI. WARBLER. 



SPE. XVII. YELLOW WREN. 

 PI. 114. 



Motacilla trochilus. Lin. Syft. I. p. 33 8 - 



Le Pouillot, ou Chantre. BriJ. Orn. III. p. 479. 



This fpecies is very little bigger than the common wren, but meafures four 

 inches and three quarters in length. The colour of the upper part of the body 

 is a dufky green : the feathers of the tail and wings brown, edged with yellow- 

 ifh green : over each eye is a pale yellow ftreak : the under parts of the body 

 are different in different birds, being in fome of a bright yellow, which in others 

 fades almoft into white : the legs are yellowifh. 



The female is paler, and inclines much to white at the vent : though indeed 

 both male and female vary fo much at different periods of life in refpecl to co- 

 lour, that authors have made of this bird different fpecies. 



This bird frequents large moift woods, and places where willows abound : 

 has a low plaintive note, and is perpetually creeping up and down the bodies 

 and branches of trees. 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 compofcd of mofs and hay, the infide lined with foft feathers. It 

 ufually lays feven eggs, for which fee PI. XXVI. Fig. 2. 



