. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . white below. The wings,which extend to the width of nine inches, are broad andrather pointed; the first feather is extremely short, being onlya fifth of the length of tlie second, which is as long as thefourth, and shorter than the third, which is the longest inthe wing; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, light duskybrown, slightly margined with olive; greater and lesser underwing coverts, of a fine buff yellow. Tail, straight, the feathersnarrow, and dusky brown in colour; under tail coverts, palegreyish brown, the margins white.
. A history of British birds / by the Rev. F. O. Morris . white below. The wings,which extend to the width of nine inches, are broad andrather pointed; the first feather is extremely short, being onlya fifth of the length of tlie second, which is as long as thefourth, and shorter than the third, which is the longest inthe wing; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, light duskybrown, slightly margined with olive; greater and lesser underwing coverts, of a fine buff yellow. Tail, straight, the feathersnarrow, and dusky brown in colour; under tail coverts, palegreyish brown, the margins white. Toes and claws, greyishbrown. The female closely resembles the male both in size andappearance, but is lighter in colour on the upper part, andmore uniformly greyish brown beneath. 104 GARDEN WARBLER. The young, when fledged, resemble the old birds, but thespace about the eyes is greyish white. The breast is moretinged with yellow; back, of a richer yellowish brown and lesser under wing coverts, pure yellow. Toes andclaws, yellowish 105 WHITETHROAT. COMMON WHITETHEOAT. MUGGY. :N^ETTLE-CEEEPEE. Sylvia rinerea. Pennant. Jbntns. Motacilla st/lvia, Montagu. Bkwick. Curruca sylviaj Fleming. cintrta^ Gould. Sylvia Sylva—A wood. CVn«rca—Cinereous—ash-coloured. This appears to be the commonest of the Warblers thatare summer visitors to this country. In Europe it is known likewise in Denmark, Sweden,Russia, Norway, and the more temperate parts of Siberia;Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Italy, and Sardinia. InAsia it has also been noticed, in Asia Minor. It is to be seen in every county of England, from Kentand Sussex to Cornwall and Durham and Yorkshire it is common, but is less numerous farthernorth. In Scotland it has been seen in Sutherlandshire and Argyle-shire, and indeed in most of the sheltered valleys of thenorth; and in Ireland is also a periodical visitant. In Orkney one was shot in Sanday, by the late WilliamStrang, Esq., the 27t
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