YELLOW WREN. 
the Motacilla Trochilus ; and white on the 
under parts, which are yellow in the Trochi- 
lus." The length of this bird is state'd, by- 
Mr. Lamb, to be five inches and a half; but 
his figure, said to be the natural size, represents 
it as only four inches and three-quarters: that 
of Edwards, is exactly an inch less. The bills 
ar^ of equal length; and Mr. Lamb's figure 
appears to be otherwise disproportionate. 
Mr. Lamb considers it as an undoubtedly 
new species in England; and believes it to be 
a non-descript. He tells us, that he never 
heard these birds before the spring of 1797; 
and that, nevertheless, he had heard nine in 
the course of a month — four in Whitenight's 
Park, near Reading; and five, during his tour 
to the, Isle of W>ght. He adds, " Colonel 
Montague informed me, that be had met with 
it in Wiltshire, and had called it the Wood 
Wren : it has, also, been heard near Uxbridge." 
BufFon mentions a Great Yellow Wren, 
found in Lorraine; which, he says, Is not so 
small by a fourth part, as the former: this, 
probably, is a variety similar to that described 
by Mr. Lamb. 
