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of sibilous note, during which it expands the wings, in a shivering, 

 or fluttering manner. Some have compared the note to that of the 

 Bunting, but more shrill;* and others to that of the Marsh Titmouse, 

 or the spring note of the Nuthatch ; and it may be observed, that it 

 is met with in woods only, and not in hedges or bushes ; the nest is 

 made on the ground, beneath the shade of trees, of dry grass, dead 

 leaves, and moss, lined with finer grass, and a few long hairs* in 

 shape oval ; the entrance near the top, as in those of the Pettichaps, 

 and Yellow Wren, except that the two latter line theirs with feathers ; 

 the eggs about six in number, weighing from 18 to 22 grains each, 

 white, sprinkled all over with rust-coloured spots, and in some the 

 markings are confluent: the young are hatched in thirteen days/j* 



Mr. White, when at Gibraltar, found both this species, which he 

 calls the Shivering Wren, and the Willow Wren there; and as he 

 has seen the latter in the winter months, he suspects that the former 

 may remain there also throughout the year. 



64.— SWAMP WREN. 



I FIND likewise an American Species, mentioned by Mr. 

 Abbott, under the name of Swamp Wren, which seems to be greatly- 

 allied. It is described as having the upper parts yellowish olive, 

 beneath yellow, except the chin, throat, and vent, which are white ; 

 forehead yellow, passing through the eye, surrounding it ; quills and 

 tail dusky, edged with yellow; bill and legs bluish. 



The female differs in being paler. This is common in summer, 

 in the swamps of Georgia, frequenting the thickets of vines and sap- 



* Mr. Lamb not only says, it is very much like that of the Bunting, but so astonishingly 

 shrill, as to be heard at more than 100 yards distance, and this repeated once in three or 

 four minutes. — Lin. Trans, ii. 245. Col. Montagu seems to think, that the note rather ex- 

 presses the word Twee drawn out to some length, and repeated five or six times successively, 

 terminating with the same note, in an hurried manner, at which time it shakes its wings.— 

 Orn. Diet. f Mr. Bechstein. 



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