. Birds of the British Empire. Birds. BIRDS OF THE BRITISH E:*iriRE. ^l ^^i colour. Length, 5J inches ; tail, 2|; opeu wings, from tip to tip, 8|, Lesser Whitethroat.—General colour grey, darker on upper surface than on lower; throat pale grey; belly nearly white: not much brown on wings. Length, 5 inches ; tail, 2} ; open wings, 8. Blackcap.—Head of male jet black ; of female brown. Upper surface dark ash, with a tinge of olive; under surface grey, fading to white at hinder parts. Length, 5|- inches ; tail, 2i ; open wings, 9}. Wood-Wakbler.—Upper sur- face light olive green, tending to yello
. Birds of the British Empire. Birds. BIRDS OF THE BRITISH E:*iriRE. ^l ^^i colour. Length, 5J inches ; tail, 2|; opeu wings, from tip to tip, 8|, Lesser Whitethroat.—General colour grey, darker on upper surface than on lower; throat pale grey; belly nearly white: not much brown on wings. Length, 5 inches ; tail, 2} ; open wings, 8. Blackcap.—Head of male jet black ; of female brown. Upper surface dark ash, with a tinge of olive; under surface grey, fading to white at hinder parts. Length, 5|- inches ; tail, 2i ; open wings, 9}. Wood-Wakbler.—Upper sur- face light olive green, tending to yellow on upper tail coverts ; wing and tail feathers edged with yellowish green: under parts almost white. Female closely resembles male. Length, 5]- inches ; tail, 2: open wings, 8;. Willow - Warbler. — Upper parts greenish yellowish brown ; under parts white tinged with yellow. Sexes alike. Length, 5 inches ; tail, 2 ; wings, 8. Chiffchaff. — Upper parts greyish olive ; under, white with a tinge of j-ellow ; white line above, and dark line behind eye ; wing feathers edged with light brown. Length, 4i inches ; tail, l^-; wings, C. Rufous Chiffchaff.—Unlike the eight preceding species, which are migratory, the Dartford Wari?ler remains in this country all the year round. Upper parts ashen grej'', laced with dark edging on head ; tail very dark grey; chin white, each feather edged with black ;. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Greene, W. T. , Dr. London : Imperial Press
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