Teoglodytes. 
BIRDS. PASSERES. 
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clining to yellow at the edges; mouth pale saiFron -yellow. Iridea hazel* 
Plumage below pale lemon-yellow, the belly mixed with silvery-white, and 
vent and under tail-covers inclining to deep straw-yellow. Quill and tail- 
feathers dusky, edged with yellow, except the exterior tail-feather on each 
side, which is plain. Female similar. Nest on the ground, composed exter- 
nally of dried leaves, then coarse grass, and lined with feathers. Eggs 6, 
white, speckled with purplish-red at the larger end only, and here and there 
a single speck on the sides — This bird arrives in the south of England about 
the end of March ; is restless ; and utters its double notes four or five times 
in succession, resembling the words Chip Chop. — Temminck seems to have 
misplaced the synonimes of these two last species. We have followed Mon- 
tagu. 
Gen. XXXIV. TROGLODYTES. V^een.— Bill slight^ 
bent, slender, subulate. 
72. T. vulgaris. Common Wren. — Plumage, above, dark 
reddish-brown, crossed by obscure dusky lines ; over the eye a 
narrow light streak. 
Passer troglodytes. Will. Orn. 164. Sihh. Scot. 18 — Motacilla troglody- 
tes, Linn. Syst. i. 337- Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 380. — Sylvia troglodytes, 
Temm. i. 233. — S', Kitty wren ; PF, Dry w ; G, Dreathan. — Resident and 
common. 
Length 4^, breadth 6| inches, weight nearly 3 drams. Bill and legs dusky 
brown ; the inside of the mouth yellow. Irides dark hazel. Quills dusky- 
brown, spotted on the outer Arebs with light brown. Tail of 12 feathers, 
crossed with dusky black lines. Plumage, beneath, light rufous brown ; sides 
and thighs crossed with darker lines. Under tail-covers obscurely spotted 
with black and white. Female smaller, lighter in the colour, with the traiiS- 
verse bars less distinct. Nest placed under the thatch of houses, against a 
mossy tree or bank ; usually composed of moss, lined with feathers and hair. 
The eggs are generally 7 or 8, but sometimes double that number, white, 
with a few small reddish spots at the larger end.— This little insectivorous 
bird braves the severest winters, and, like the Golden-Crowned Wren, is re- 
sident in .2ietland. Sings sweetly in spring. 
Gen. XXXV. MOTACILLA. Wagtail.— Tarsus double 
the length of the middle toe. Tail constantly in motion. 
Pace running. 
73. M. alba. White Wagtail. — The front, cheeks, side of 
the neck and belly white. 
Will. Orn. 171. Sihh. Scot. 18. Penn. Brit. .Zool. i. 142. Temm. Orn* 
i. 255., Water-wagtail — Dish-washer, Washer-woman; W., Brith y 
fyches, Tinsigl y gwys ; G, Breal ant sil. — Resident near water. 
Length 74, breadth 11 inches; weight 6 drams. Bill, mouth, and legs, 
black. Irides hazel. The back of the head, upper and under side of the 
neck, chin, and breast, black. Back dusky, inclining to cinereous. Quills 
dusky ; the greater covers black, with white tips. Tail black ; the two lateral 
feathers white, but black at the base. In winter the chin and throat are 
white. In the female the black is more dusky, and the white less pure j the 
tips of the covers grey. Nest in walls or on old trees ; composed of moss, 
dried grass and wool, and lined with hair or feathers. Eggs 4 or 5, white, 
