BRITISH BIRDS « 
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KITTY WREN. 
( Motacilla troglodytes y Lin . — Le Troglodyte , Buff.) 
Length three inches and a half : The bill is Ben- 
der 5 , and a little curved ; upper mandible and tips 
of a brownilh horn colour, the under one and edges 
of both dull yellow ; a whitifh line extends from 
the bill over the eyes, which are dark hazel ; the 
upper parts of its plumage are of a clear brown, 
obfcurely marked on the back and rump with nar- 
row double wavy lines of pale and dark brown co- 
lours ; the belly, fides, and thighs are the fame, but 
more diftin£t ; the throat is of a dingy white ; the 
cheeks and breaft the fame, faintly dappled with 
brown 5 the quills and tail are marked with alter- 
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