BRITISH BIRDS 
THE WINTER FAUVETTE. 
HEDGE WARBLER, HEDGE SPARROW, OR DUNN0CK. 
( Motacilla Modularise Lin. — La Fauvette d’hivery Buffi) 
The length of this well-known bird is fomewhat 
more than live inches : Its bill is dark ; eyes ha- 
zel ; its general appearance is that of a dulky 
brown, moll of the feathers on the back and wings 
being edged with reddilh brown ; the cheeks, 
throat, and fore part of its neck are of a dull blue- 
ilh alh colour ; the belly is of a dirty white ; quills 
and tail dulky ; rump greenifh brown ; fides and 
thighs pale tawny brown ; the legs are brown. 
This bird is frequently feen in hedges, from 
whence it derives one of its names ; but it has no 
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