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BIRDS. PASSERES. 
CuKItUCA 
Luscinia, Will. Orn. 161. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 365. — Sylvia Lus., Temrtu 
Orn. i. 195. — ■IF', Eos. — A regular summer visitant of the eastern 
counties of England. 
Length 7, breadth 10^ inches ; weight 6 drams. Bill black ; lower man- 
dible pale towards the base. Mouth yellow. Irides hazel. Legs and claws 
black. Female similar. Nest placed on the ground, and composed of dried 
leaves, lined with grass. Eggs 4 or 5, of a uniform dark brown colour — This 
species arrives in the end of April. Its song is universally admired. White 
varieties occur. 
62. C. hortensis. Pettychaps.r— Plumage above, greyish- 
brown, with an olive tinge. A white circle round the eye. 
Pen. Brit. Zool. i. 376. — Sylvia hort., Temm. Orn. i. 206 ; PF, y Ffigysog. 
— A regular summer visitant of the southern counties of England^. 
Length 6 inches ; weight 5 drams. Bill dusky ; base of the under mandible 
yelloAvish. Inside of the mouth yellow. Legs bluish-brown. Irides hazel. 
Below the ear a dash of ash-colour. Quills and tail dusky, edged with olive. 
Female similar. Nest in a bush, near the ground, composed of grass and fi- 
brous roots, with moss externally. Eggs 4, dirty white, blotched vrith light 
brown and cinereous spots. Song little inferior to that of the Nightingale. 
63. C. sihillatrix. Wood Wren. — Plumage above, yellow- 
ish-green. Over the eye a bright sulphur-yellow streak. Un- 
der tail-covers white. 
Regulus non cristatus major. Will. Orn. 164 — Yellowest Willow Wren, 
Whited's Selb. i. 95. — Wood Wren, Lamb., Lin. Trans, ii. 245., tab. 24, 
Mont, ib, iv. 35., Egg. tab. ii. fig. 1. — S3dvia sib. Temm. Orn. i. 223.— 
A regular summer visitant of England, near oak and beech woods. 
Length 5^ inches ; weight 160 grains. Bill dusky. Legs yellowish-brown. 
Irides hazel. The cheeks and throat are yellow. Upper parts of the breast 
yellowish white ; the remainder pure white. Quills dusky, edged externaUy 
with yellowish-green. Tail a little forked, coloured like the quills, except 
the two outer leathers, which want the yellow margin. Female less in size, 
but similar in plumage. Nest on the ground, oval, with a small bole near the 
top, composed of dried grass and moss, and lined with a few long hairs. Eggs 
6, white, sprinkled with purple spots, which are sometimes confluent — The 
flight of this species is short, slow, and vibrating, as it moves from spray to 
spray. Its cry expresses the word tieee, drawn out. Has been confounded 
with Regulus trochilus and hippolais. 
64. C. Atricapilla. Black-cap. — Plead black above, bind 
neck cinereous. Plumage above, greyish green. 
Atricapilla, Will.Oxn. 162. Bidt. Zool. i. 374. — Sylvia At. Temm. 
Orn. i. 201. — P, Mock Nightingale, Nettle-creeper; IF, Penddur 
brwyn — A regular summer visitant. Frequents woods and hedges. 
Length 6, breadth 9 inches ; weight half an ounce. Bill brown. Legs lead- 
coloured. Irides dark hazel. Breast and belly cinereous. Vent white. Quills 
dusky, edged with dull green. Tail long. Female^ with a brown head. Nest 
in a low bush, of dried stalks, with wool and moss, and lined with fibrous roots 
and hair. Eggs 4 or 5, pale reddish-brown, mottled with a deeper colour ; 
sometimes sprinkled with cinereous spots. Song melodious. 
a. Tail particohured. 
65. C. promncialis. Dartford Warbler. — Plumage above, 
dusky brown. Cheeks cinereous. Throat, neck and breast fer- 
ruginous. 
