&2i BRITISH BIRDS* 5 
THE WILLOW WREN. 
(Le Figuler hrun et jaune , Buff.) 
This is next in fize : Its bill is brown, the upper 
parts of a greenifh olive colour, darker than the 
laft ; over each eye a light yellow line extends from 
the bill to the back part of the head ; the wings are 
brown, with light yellowifh edges ; the throat and 
breaft are white, with a pretty Itrong tinge of yel- 
low ; the belly is whitilh ; thighs yellow ; legs yel- 
lowifh brown, — as is likewife the inhde of the bill. 
They vary much in colour. 
We are favoured, by the ingenious Mr I. Gough 
of Kendal, with the description of a bird very Si- 
milar to this, which is common in Weftmoreland, 
where it is known by the name of the Strawfmeer. 
It appears in the vallies in April, a few days after 
