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The Green Wren. R eOxulus non Criftatus.
Numb. LIX.
IT S Weight two Drams, being in Length, from the
Tip of the Bill to the End of the Claws or Tail, which
is all one, five Inches; in Breadth, when the Wings are
extended, feven Inches.
The Head, Neck, Back, and Rump of the Cock are
of a dusky green ; the Chin and fide of the Face under
the Eyes yellowiih, with a Spot of the fame Colour on
each Side the Breaft near the fcapular or upper Part of
the Wing ; the Breaft, Belly, and Thighs are very white :
a yellowiih Line is produced from the Noftrils above the
Eyes almoft to the hinder Part of the Head ; the Wings
have eighteen prime Feathers of a dusky Colour having
their out Edges green ; the Tail is two Inches long made
up of twelve Feathers of the fame Colour of the Wings.
The Bill flender, ftreight, iharp of a dusky Colour ;
the upper Mandible fomewhat longer and hooked in the
Cock, in the Hen not; the Noftrils large; thè Legs and
Feet fmall of a dusky amber Colour in the Cock, the
Hen’s black. Its Food is Infedts ; it fings like a Graft
hopper, and frequents Woods and iblitary Place fitting
on the Tops of Oaks.
It builds its Neft of Mofs and Straws, lined with Hair
and a few Feathers: it lays five Eggs all over freckled
with red Specks. The Hen is of the fame Colours with
the Cock but more dusky.