?46 THE LANGUAGE OF BIRDS. 
be found, in summer, amongst tall trees, woods, and 
plantations, where it is readily detected on its arrival 
by a shrill, shaking sort of note, that may be heard 
at a great distance, and cannot be confounded with 
any other bird. On its first arrival, it sings the 
greater part of the day, and continues its song, more 
or less, through the summer, except at the time it is 
engaged in feeding its young. Its nest is built on 
the ground, in a thicket, amongst moss and dead 
leaves, so that it is impossible to find it without 
watching one of the old ones to the nest, which is 
readily done when they have young. 
They may either be tamed when old, or reared 
from the nest, and are not difficult to be caught when 
young, with a little bird-lime at the end of a fishing 
rod, as may several other species of this interesting 
group. 
This scientific admirer of nature, classes the Willow 
Wren also among his feathered favourites. He says, 
" It visits us the latter end of March, or beginning 
of April, and leaves us again at the end of Septem- 
ber or beginning of October. On its first arrival, it 
enlivens our woods and groves with its lively, piercing 
song, and gay frolics, flying about from tree to tree, 
