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WOOD WARBLER. 
YELT.OW WARBLER. WOOD WREN. LARGER WILLOW WRENN. 
YELLOW WILLOW WREN. GREEN WREN. 
Sylvia sylvicola, PENNANT. 
Motacilla trochilus, BEewIck. 
Sylvia sibilatriz, SELEY. 
Curruca sibiiatrix, FLEMING. 
Regulus non-cristatus major, WILLUGHBY. 
Sylvia. Sylva—A wood. Sylvicola—An inhabitant of woods. 
Sylva—A wood. Colo—To inhabit. 
Tuts little bird is also a native of Europe, being met with 
from Germany, Holland, and France, to Sweden. It is not 
however anywhere very plentiful. . 
It passes the winter in Asia and Africa, Egypt, and other 
northern parts. : 
It is not uncommon in most of the southern counties, as 
far west as Devonshire, and Montagu says Cornwall; also im 
Suffolk, Norfolk, Derbyshire, Durham, and Northumberland. 
In Cambridgeshire it is said to be more rare. It advances 
some way into Scotland, and is found also in Wales. 
It betakes itself to woods and plantations, prefe..mg those 
of larger size to smaller thickets, and gardens, frequenting 
those where ancient trees flourish—the wide-spreading beech, 
and the noble oak, the graceful birch, and the stately pine, 
‘fit for the mast of some great ammiral.’ 
The Wood Warbler arrives at periods varying from the 
latter end of April to the early part of May. The males 
precede the females by a week or ten days. 
In its habits it is the reverse of shy, often admitting of a 
very close approach, and when engaged with its nest is very 
bold. It is at the same time lively and restless. and its 
