TITHYS WARBLER. 



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forsake the place : it is generally found near ha- 

 bitations, in villages, and small towns : its nest, as 

 before mentioned, is generally built in old ruinous 

 walls, or hollow trees j it is composed chiefly of 

 moss, and lined with hair and feathers ; the eggs 

 are five or six in number, of a fine blue, not much 

 unlike those of the Hedge Warbler, but larger, 

 and of a lighter cast. The young, at first, are 

 speckled all over. 



Its song is rather agreeable, and it will imitate 

 that of other birds in confinement, which, how- 

 ever, but few individuals of this species will bear, 

 unless they be brought up from the nest : it is 

 migratory, appearing about the middle of April, 

 and retiring the latter end of September or be- 

 ginning of October ; it is rarely seen farther to the 

 north than Yorkshire, or to the west than Exeter. 

 Its food consists of insects and worms: when 

 perched, it has a peculiar method of wagging its 

 tail. 



TITHYS WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia Tithys.) 



Sy. remigihus nigricantibus, rectricibus nifis, intermedio pari nigro 



extrorsum rujescente. 

 Warbler with dusky quills, and rufous tail-feathers; the two 



middle ones black, outwardly rufous. 

 Sylvia Tithys. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 512. l6. — Scop, Ann, 1. 233. 

 Motacilla Tithys. Lin. Si/st, Nat. 1. 335. 34. /3. — Gmel, Si/st, 



Nat, 1. 987. |3. 

 Redstart. Lath. Gen, Syn. 4. 423. c. 



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