. An illustrated manual of British birds . pring:—olive-green on the upper parts, ratheryellower on the rump; a pale yellow streak above the eye, passinginto White behind the ear-coverts; wing-coverts, quills and tail-feathers dull brown, edged with olive-green ; chin, throat, breast,belly and lower tail-coverts dull white, tinged with greenish-buff;under wing-coverts pale yellow ; bill brown ; iris hazel; legs andfeet very dark brown. Length 475 in. ; wing 24 in ; tarsus 6 plumage is alike in both sexes. The young are slightlygreener than the adults and the eye-streak is fainter. After
. An illustrated manual of British birds . pring:—olive-green on the upper parts, ratheryellower on the rump; a pale yellow streak above the eye, passinginto White behind the ear-coverts; wing-coverts, quills and tail-feathers dull brown, edged with olive-green ; chin, throat, breast,belly and lower tail-coverts dull white, tinged with greenish-buff;under wing-coverts pale yellow ; bill brown ; iris hazel; legs andfeet very dark brown. Length 475 in. ; wing 24 in ; tarsus 6 plumage is alike in both sexes. The young are slightlygreener than the adults and the eye-streak is fainter. After theautumn moult the yellow tint in the plumage is much more pro-nounced. The Chiffchaff may be distinguished from the Willow-Wren byits smaller size, duller hue, darker legs, and more rounded 2nd quill is equal in length to the 7th, and the outer webs aresloped off, or emarginated, up to the 6th inclusive. In the Willow-Wren this emargination only reaches to the 5th, and the 2nd isequal in length to the 6th quill. SVLVIIN^. 63. THE WILLOW-WREN. Phylloscopus trochilus (LinnKLis). The Willow-Wren makes its appearance in the southern portionsof this country about the first week in April, and from that timeuntil the middle of September it is by far most abundant ofthe three species of small greenish-yellow Warblers which annuallyvisit us. In England it is generally distributed, although somewhatlocal in Cornwall : and it seems to be only fairly common in someparts of Wales. To Scotland it is a regular and abundant summer-visitor, and in the northern districts its numbers have considerablyincreased of late years ; but to the Orkneys, Shetlands and Faeroes itappears to be only a straggler. In Ireland it is common in suitablelocalities. Occurrences of this little bird in winter, in the milderdistricts of our islands, have often been recorded. In summer the Willow-Wren ranges nearly as far as the northernextremity of the Continent, and southward we find it breedingthro
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