220 BRITISH BIRDS, 
and hedges, and feeds on infe£ts and wild berries g 
it makes its neft in thick bulhes, of dried grafs and 
mofs ; the female lays five eggs, of a greenifh 
white, fprinkled with dark fpots. Its note, which 
is rather harfh and impieafing, is frequently repeat- 
ed, and is attended with a particular motion of the 
wings ; it is fhy and wild, and is not frequently 
found near the habitations of men. 
THE YELLOW WILLOW WREN. 
(. Motacilla trochilus , Lin .— Le Pouilloty ou le chantre , Buff.) 
Length nearly five inches : The bill is brown, 
the infide and edges yellow ; eyes hazel ; the up- 
per parts of the plumage are yellow, inclining to a 
pale olive green ; the under pale yellow ; over 
each eye there is a whitilh ftreak, which in young 
birds we have obferved to be particularly diftin£t ; 
the wings and tail are of a dufky brown, with pale 
edges ; legs yellow ifli brown. 
The ingenious Mr White obferves, that there 
are three diftin£t fpecies of the Willow Wren, of 
which this is the largefi: ; the two following differ 
in their fize as well as note ; their form and man- 
ners are however very fimilar: We have been 
fortunate in procuring fpecimens of each kind, ta- 
ken at the fame time of the year, and had an op- 
portunity of noticing the difference of their fong. 
