. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . ved, thelower one yellowish brown at its base; head on the crown,brownish black, fading into the colour of the back; neck onthe back, and nape, cinereous brown, with a tinge of olive; 100 OKPHEAK WAEBLEB. chin and throat, white; breast, white, with a very delicaterose tint. Wings, almost black, edged with ash-coloured brown; pri-maries, dark cinereous brown, with a tinge of olive; tail, darkcinereous brown, with a tinge of olive, the outer feather oneach side being white, tinged with reddish brown on its inneredge, the second tipped wit
. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . ved, thelower one yellowish brown at its base; head on the crown,brownish black, fading into the colour of the back; neck onthe back, and nape, cinereous brown, with a tinge of olive; 100 OKPHEAK WAEBLEB. chin and throat, white; breast, white, with a very delicaterose tint. Wings, almost black, edged with ash-coloured brown; pri-maries, dark cinereous brown, with a tinge of olive; tail, darkcinereous brown, with a tinge of olive, the outer feather oneach side being white, tinged with reddish brown on its inneredge, the second tipped with white; under tail coverts, palereddish brown; legs, toes, and claws, black and strong. Female; length, a little over six inches; head, crown, neckon the back, and nape, dark ash-coloured brown; chin, dullwhite; throat and breast, white, ending in light brown;back, dark-coloured brown. Wings, imdemeath, light brown;tail, brownish black, the outermost feather on each sidewhite, and the next edged with dull white; legs, verystrong; toes and claws, 101 GARDEN WARBLER. GEEATEE PETTYCHAPS. Sylvia hortensis, Latham. Bschstkin. Curruca hortensiSj Selby. Motadlla hortensii, MoNTAGU. Sylvia. Sylva—A wood. Eortensis—Belonging to gardens. De. Latham was the first to notice this as a British bird,—a specimen having been obtained in Lancashire, and for-warded to him by Sir Ashton Lever, the founder of theLeverian Museum. It is found throughout the continent of Europe, from Italyto Denmark and Sweden in the summer. In Yorkshire it occurs in various situations, as near Hud-dersfield and Hebden Bridge, Hahfax, Sheffield, Leeds, andYork; in the East-Riding it is more uncommon, being mostlymet with in its passage. Mr. B. Fawcett, of Driffield,obtained one in his garden there, the present year, 1853, andfrom it the plate is coloured. Near Scarborough it is scarce,according to Mr. Patrick Hawkridge, in The Naturalist, oldseries, vol. ii., p. 333. In Norfolk it is not very
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