INTRODUCTION. 
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115. PhYLLOPNEUSTE TROCHILUS Vol. II. PI. LXV. 
Willow- Wren. 
Air Ives from the south about the miildle of Ajiril, and diligently commences to search for insects among 
the newly expanded leaves of the willow and other trees, and, after making its dome-shaped, grassy, feather- 
lined nest on the ground and rearing its young, retires to whence it came upon the earliest access of cold 
weather. When here it is generally dispersed over the three kingdoms. 
IIG. PhYLLOPNEUSTE RUFA Vol. II. PI. LXVI. 
Chiffchaff. 
One of the earliest spring migrants from the sunny south, many individuals frequently apjiearing in March. 
Solitary instances are on record of its having been seen here during the winter months ; and as I found it at 
the same season at Malta, it is evidently a more hardy bird than the Willow-Wren, from which it differs in the 
character of Its song, and in the jdaces selected for the site of its dome-shaped nest, which is frequently 
built in a bush. It Is very generally dispersed, but somewhat less numerous in Scotland than In England. 
117. PhYLLOPNEUSTE SIBILATRIX . Vol. II. PI. LXVII. 
Wood-Wren. 
Although I have kept this bird in the present genus, it has just claims to generic distinction, its much 
longer wings, peculiar song, and brighter colouring not being quite accordant with either the Willow-Wren 
or the Chiffchaff — and, indeed, has had that of Sibilatrlv assigned to it by Professor Kaup, With us it is a 
true summer visitant, arriving later than the two birds above mentioned, its tremulous sibilant note not 
being usually heard until May. Although commonly dispersed over England and Scotland, It is rare in 
Ireland. Breeds on the ground, generally making a nest of grasses only. Departs in autumn, and winters 
in Africa. 
Genus Reguloides. 
Comprises a scries of small eastern birds allied to Phyllopneuste and Regulus. The species ivhich has 
paid England occasional visits is an inhabitant of Europe and Northern India, where others of the form are 
also found. 
118. Reguloides superciliosus ......... Vol. II. PI. LXVIIl. 
Yellow-browed Warbler. 
The particulars of the capture of this species in England, as recorded by Mr. Harting, are ; — 
“One, Hartley Point, Northumberland: Hancock, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. ii. p. 310; Blyth, 
Zoologist, 1863, p. 8329 ; Yarrell, Hist, of Brit. Birds, vol. i. p. 380. 
“One, Charlton Kings, near Cheltenham, 11th Oct. 1867 : Gould, Ibis, 1869, p. 128.” 
