. The sportsman's British bird book . er part of April marksits appearance in Great Britain,where the species is to be metwith all over the country, exceptthe north of Scotland, the Heb-rides, and the Isle of Man, where it is only a straggler. It is, however,known to have nested in Sutherlandshire. In Ireland it is the rarest ofall the regular summer warblers. In 1907 the species was recorded from Fair Isle, Shetland, whereseveral specimens were captured ; while one example was taken atSule Skerry, Orkney, in the same year. Previous to this the specieswas unknown in either the Orkneys or Shetl
. The sportsman's British bird book . er part of April marksits appearance in Great Britain,where the species is to be metwith all over the country, exceptthe north of Scotland, the Heb-rides, and the Isle of Man, where it is only a straggler. It is, however,known to have nested in Sutherlandshire. In Ireland it is the rarest ofall the regular summer warblers. In 1907 the species was recorded from Fair Isle, Shetland, whereseveral specimens were captured ; while one example was taken atSule Skerry, Orkney, in the same year. Previous to this the specieswas unknown in either the Orkneys or Shetlands. The name of wood-wren admirably fits the species, as itscharacteristic song is to be heard in woods as the annual transforma-tion scene is taking place in spring. From five to seven eggs are laidin a partially domed nest, made chiefly of grass, lined with hair, andplaced on the ground in covert amid grass. The eggs themselvesare white, with purplish-brown spots (or occasionally blotches) andunderlying markings of Soo PERCHING BIRDS Willow-Wren ^^^^ willow-wren, or willow-warbler, is a rather(PhvlloseoDus smaller bird than the wood-wren, from which ittrochilus) ^^^y ^^ distinguished by its duller colouring (theback being less green and the under-parts lesswhite), and the greater length of the small first primary quill. It is,in fact, more like the chiff-chaff, although of rather larger dimensions,and further distinguished by the circumstance that the outer margin ofthe sixth primary quill is not scalloped, while the second feather of thesame series is intermediate in length between the fifth and sixth. Thecolouring of the two species is very similar, but the tints are ratherbrighter in the present bird, especially on the under-parts, which areyellowish white, passing into sulphur-yellow on the flanks and wing-coverts ; the eyebrow - stripebeing also of the latter sexes are alike in colour-ing ; but }oung birds in theirfirst plumage a
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