History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

70 BIRDS. PASSERES. CuiirucaLuscinia, Will. Orn. 1G1. Penn. Brit. Zool. i. 365.— Sylvia Lus., Temm.Orn. i. 195.— W, Eos—A regular summer visitant of the easterncounties of England.Length 7, breadth 10^ inches ;weight 6 drams. Bill black ; lower mandiblepale towards the base. Mouth yeilow. Irides hazel. Legs and clawsblack. Female similar. Nest placed on the ground, and composed of driedleaves, lined with grass. Eggs 4 or 5, of a uniform dark brown colour.—Thisspecies arrives in the end of April. I ts song is universally admired. Whitevarieties occur.62. C. ho?~tensis.— Pettyehaps. Plumage above, greyish-A white circle round the eye.brown, with an olive tinge.Pen. Brit. Zool.'i. o/C— Sylvia hort., Temm. Orn. i. 206 ; W, y Ffigysog.— A regular summer visitant of the southern counties of England.Length 6 inches ; weight 5 drams. Bill dusky ; base of the under mandibleyellowish. Inside of the mouth yellow. Legs bluish-brown. Irides hazel.Below the ear a dash of ash-colour. Quills and tail dusky, edged with olive.Female similar. Nest in a bush, near the ground, composed of grass and fibrousroots, with moss externally. Eggs 4, dirty white, blotched with lightbrown and cinereous spots. Songlittle inferior to that of the Nightingale.63. C. sibUlatrix. Wood Wren— Plumage above, yellowish-green.Over the eyea bright sulphur-yellowstreak. Undertail-covers white.Begulus non crista tus major, Will. Orn. 1G4—Yellowest "Willow Wren,While's Selb. i. 95—Wood Wren, Lamb, Lin. Trans, ii. 245., tab. 24.Mont. ib. iv. 35., Egg. tab. ii. fig.1— Sylvia sib. Temm. Orn. i. 223—A regular summer visitant of England, near oak and beech woods.Length 5\ inches ; weight 1G0 grains. Bill dusky. Legs yellowish-brown.Irides hazel. The cheeks and throat are yellow. Upper parts of the breastyellowish white ; the remainder pure white. Quills dusky, edged externallywith yellowish-green. Tail a little forked, coloured like the quills, exceptthe two outer feathers, which want the yellow margin. Female less in size,but similar in plumage. Nest on the ground, oval, with a small hole near thetop, composed of dried grass and moss, and lined with a few long hairs.EggsC, white, sprinkled with purple spots, which are sometimes confluent.—Theflight of this species is short, slow, and vibrating, as it moves from spray tospray. Its cry expresses the word licee, drawn out. Has been confoundedwith Regulus trochilus and hippolais.G4t. C. AtricapUla. Black-cap.— Head black above, hindneck cinereous. Plumage above, greyish green.Atricapilla, fiFitf. Orn. 1G2. Pcnn. Brit. Zool. i. 374 — Sylvia At. Temm.Orn. i. 201— E, Mock Nightingale, Nettle-creeper; W, Penddurbrwyn.—A regular summer visitant. Frequents woods and hedges.Length G, breadth 9 inches; weight half an ounce. Bill brown. Legs leadcoloured.Irides dark hazel. Breast and belly cinereous. Vent white. Quillsdusky, edged with dull green. Tail long. Female, with a brown head. Nestin a low bush, of dried stalks, with wool and moss, and lined with fibrous rootsand hair.Eggs 4 or 5, pale reddish-brown, mottled with a deeper colour ;sometimes sprinkled with cinereous spots. Song melodious.a. Tail 'particoloured.65. C. provincial'is.Dartford Warbler.— Plumage above,dusky brown. Cheeks cinereous. Throat, neck and breast ferruginous.