THE 



YELLOW WREN, 



Generic Ceiaracter. 

 Bill fubulate (or awl-fhaped) j flrait : the man- 

 dibles nearly equal. 

 Nojirils nearly oval. 



Tongue jagged, or lacerated towards the tip. 



Specific Character, &c. 

 ASH-GREEN MOTACILLA, with the wings 

 beneath the coverts yellowifli, and a ftreak 

 of yellow over each eye. 



YELLOW WARBLER. 



Latb,Jyn. 2. p. 512. 



THE GREEN WREN, YELLOW WREN, 

 OR WILLOW WREN. 



The Motacilla Trochilus or Yellow -Wren, iS 

 moftly feen on willows, from which circumftance it 

 has been fometimes called the willow-wren. In its 

 manners and way of life it refembles the common 

 and gold-crefted wrens. It is fubjed to vary in 

 point of colour, the yellow in fome fpecimens being 

 far brighter than in others, 

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