young growers from the main trunks of the elms, and
perhaps as often in the forks of willows, tamarisks, and
olive-trees. Ih e nest is very much more substantially
built than that of the other Warblers of this family;
the eggs much resemble those of the Lesser Whitethroat.
The song of this bird, though more powerful than that
of our Blackcap, cannot, in my opinion, be compared
with it for melody or sweetness, in fact, I have always
been puzzled to know why the name of Orpheus should
have been bestowed on this species.
