. Birds of Britain . ite ; throat, breast,and flanks ash grey; belly white. Bill horn colour. Legslead colour. The female has the top of the head reddishbrown and the young at first resemble her. The males,however, assume their black head in their first autumn, butoccasionally the cap shows a decided tinge of 5*75 in.; wing 275 in. This species is fairly common in England and Walesbut rarer and more local in Scotland and Ireland. THE GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia hortensis, Bechstein In our minds this bird, for some reason which is notvery clear, is always associated with the Blackcap. T
. Birds of Britain . ite ; throat, breast,and flanks ash grey; belly white. Bill horn colour. Legslead colour. The female has the top of the head reddishbrown and the young at first resemble her. The males,however, assume their black head in their first autumn, butoccasionally the cap shows a decided tinge of 5*75 in.; wing 275 in. This species is fairly common in England and Walesbut rarer and more local in Scotland and Ireland. THE GARDEN WARBLER Sylvia hortensis, Bechstein In our minds this bird, for some reason which is notvery clear, is always associated with the Blackcap. Theyare almost identical in habits and live in similar situations,but at the same time, although both species may often befound breeding together, the one is generally common inlocalities where the other is scarce and vice versa. It is rather a late arrival, rarely appearing in numbersbefore the end of April, and has never been known towinter in these islands. 46 BLACKCAP Sylvia atricapillaFemale (above). Male (below). The Garden Warbler The nest also resembles that of the Blackcap in structure,and though the present species never lays the reddish typeof egg common to the Blackcap, its eggs are very similar tothe creamy variety of the latter, but the markings are as arule more blotchy and the clear-cut small spots are farfewer. Garden Warbler is to some extent a misnomer, as it,isseldom found in gardens, preferring woods and coppices inthe open country, and not visiting the currant bushes any-thing like so frequently as the Blackcap. The sexes are alike and are of a uniform olive brown,rather darker on the wings and tail. Under parts huffishwhite. There is a pale streak over the eye and a greyisharea on the lores. The young are almost indistinguishable from theirparents. Length 575 in.; wing 3 in. Except that it is scarcer and more local, its distributionin our islands is similar to that of the Blackcap. THE BARRED WARBLER Sylvia nisoria, Bechstein Making its summer home in Sout
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