. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . paler ol-ive; the throat, breast, and belly, are a bright yellow, inthe male; paler in the female, her belly being of adusky white. The covert feathers beneath the tail, inboth male and female, are of a pale buff colour. Onthe angle of the wing is a spot of a beautiful yellow, inboth sexes. The song of this little bird is loud and shrill, and hisnotes sprightly and pleasant; he perches on the branchof
. Harmonia ruralis, or, An essay towards a natural history of British song birds : illustrated with figures the size of life, of the birds, male and female, in their most natural attitudes ... . paler ol-ive; the throat, breast, and belly, are a bright yellow, inthe male; paler in the female, her belly being of adusky white. The covert feathers beneath the tail, inboth male and female, are of a pale buff colour. Onthe angle of the wing is a spot of a beautiful yellow, inboth sexes. The song of this little bird is loud and shrill, and hisnotes sprightly and pleasant; he perches on the branchof some tall tree; and, with mouth wide open, wingshalf raised and shaking, and bill erect, he makes thewoods re-echo. The cry of this bird, when disturb-ed, or in distress, is not unlike that of the GrasshopperWarbler, re, re, re, often repeated; and is accompa-nied by a restless motion, continually hopping fromspray to spray, but will not be driven far from theplace of his residence. The fly figured on this plate is the Sphex frequents dry banks; and burrows in the sand, tomake a lodging for its young. It is an insect of prey,feeding on very small flies, caterpillars, ©AMSRIDGE- MA USft 64 NEST AND EGGS OF THE GREEN WREN. PLATE LXIV. The manners of this bird greatly resemble those ofthe Pettychaps, particularly in regard to nesting. Thenest I describe, was built amongst moss, under a bill-berry-bush. The first coat consisted of a few sprigsof moss, with a great many stalks of dry grass. Thenest is pretty deep, and to the north side archedover with windlestraws, and other dried stalks ofplants ; so that the bird enters by one side, as does theBrown Wren. The lining consists of soft bents andfeathers. In this nest was eight eggs, white, andthickly covered near the big end with blood-redspots.
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