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flies well, and may be observed sometimes sitting with the bill 

 upright, continually opening and shutting it, and harshly uttering 

 the words Aetsch Atsch.* 



Although we have no certain knowledge of this bird being found 

 elsewhere than in Germany and Sweden, independent of our king- 

 dom, yet we can scarcely doubt its being met with in the intermediate 

 places on the Continent of Europe, though perhaps confounded with 

 other species. Dr. Pallas, in some MS. notes, mentions a bird by 

 the name of Creeper-like Willow Lark, and says, " it is in colour 

 " like a Creeper, with a rounded tail, the lateral pens tipped with 

 " white ;" that it is common about Lake Baikal, but not elsewhere. 

 It is not possible from this short description to determine the species. 



41 — GOODA WARBLER. 



LENGTH about four inches. Bill slender, pale ash-colour, with 

 a hair or two at the base ; general colour of the plumage pale 

 cinereous brown ; over the eyes a whitish streak ; beneath from chin 

 to vent, and upper tail coverts dusky white ; tail rounded ; wings 

 short, only reaching to the rump ; legs pale ash-colour. 



Inhabits India, and there called Gooda. — From the drawings of 

 General Hardwicke, it appears more like the Lesser White-Throat 

 than any other, but it seems to be a smaller bird, or the draughts- 

 man has painted it less than it ought to be, from inattention. 



42.— VIRESCENT WARBLER. 



LENGTH four inches. Bill dusky; plumage above olive brown; 

 beneath very pale ash, with a tinge of green on the breast and sides, 



* Naturforscher. 



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