. 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 ... . at is white ;the breast and belly, a pale buff-colour; the feathersunder the tail, white; the legs and feet, of an olive-colour. This bird was communicated to the Royal Society,as a new British species, by the late Rev. Mr. Light-foot, in 1785, and was published in the PhilosophicalTransactions, vol. j^, part the ist. Mr. Lightfootfirst discovered it on the banks of the river Colne, nearUxbridge. He ve
. 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 ... . at is white ;the breast and belly, a pale buff-colour; the feathersunder the tail, white; the legs and feet, of an olive-colour. This bird was communicated to the Royal Society,as a new British species, by the late Rev. Mr. Light-foot, in 1785, and was published in the PhilosophicalTransactions, vol. j^, part the ist. Mr. Lightfootfirst discovered it on the banks of the river Colne, nearUxbridge. He very properly conjectures, that thebird was not confined to that place alone; for itwas known to me long before that time, though Iknew no name for it. Its haunts in Yorkshire, arerushy places near rivulets; and its actions greatly re-semble those of the White-Throat. I have seen sev-eral of their nests in Yorkshire: and the birds havealso been sent to me from Lancashire, shot on the riverRoch. The butterfly is called the small garden White-She-Caterpillar, * feeds on cabbage, changes to a chrysalisin September, and flies the following May. A, themale; B, the female.^ * Papilio Rapae .ARY<j S A 72 Clt»Kl1-4» NEST AND EGGS OF THE REED-WARBLER. PLATE LXXII. The nest I describe, was built in a low hazle-tree;the outside is composed of weeds and moss, woven to-gether with stalks of plants and blades of grass; themiddle coat is made of the same stuff, but softer andfiner; and the lining consists of willow down, andblack hairs. The whole is loosely wound about, notwith pack-thread, as in Mr. Lightfoots nest, but withstout double-twined woollen yarn, such as the poorpeople make stockings of. Of several nests of this birdwhich I have seen, this is the only one where any kindof twined bandage was made use of. The eggs arefive or six in number; of a dusky white, spotted moreor less with dusky spots. The cock has a sweet song;his notes partake of those of the White-Throat, andth
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