. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . frequently , it is much rarer and of more brilliant plumage. The Common Wren (Troglodytes vulgaris, Fig. 230) is widely dif-fused over Europe, from the Baltic to the southern parts of Italy, andfrom Trebizond to the west coast of Ireland. Like the Robin, it hasbecome, in a sense, a sacred bird, and very few will harm the familiarlittle creature. Its nest is found in all kinds of situations; a favouriteone being under the turfed summit of a sto
. Reptiles and birds : a popular account of their various orders, with a description of the habits and economy of the most interesting . frequently , it is much rarer and of more brilliant plumage. The Common Wren (Troglodytes vulgaris, Fig. 230) is widely dif-fused over Europe, from the Baltic to the southern parts of Italy, andfrom Trebizond to the west coast of Ireland. Like the Robin, it hasbecome, in a sense, a sacred bird, and very few will harm the familiarlittle creature. Its nest is found in all kinds of situations; a favouriteone being under the turfed summit of a stone wall skirting a brook, 5^0 REPTILES AND BIRDS. or on the edge of a wood or slirubbery. It is an elegant structure,oval in form, and dome-shaped, with the entrance at the side, thematerials varying with the locality ; but the lining generally is soft,downy feathers. The Willow Wren {Sylvia trochiliis, Fig. 231) is a delicate, activelittle bird, pretty generally diffused. It is of retiring and unobtrusivemanners, its favourite haunt being among tlie willows and osierswhich skirt some sluggish stream. While flitting about in such. Fig. 230.—The Common Wren localities it emits a small chirping noise; but during the months ofMay and June it is often heard chanting a soft, mellow, and verypleasing song. In autumn great numbers of them may be seengliding among the fruit-trees and bushes. Its colour is an olive greenof deeper or less intensity, with canary-coloured breast, graduallybecoming whiter as it reaches the stomach. It possesses a verysweet song, and is migratory. The Stone-chat {Pratiiicola ruhicola^ Fig. 232) has the headand throat black in the male, the breast brownish red, the sides ofthe neck white, a white spot on the wings, the upper parts brownishblack, and the feathers edged with brownish red. In the female the WAGTAILS. 521 head and upper parts are streaked with brownish red, the throatyellowish grey, the breast dull brownish red, a white spot on thewings, and th
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