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between Eastbourne and Pevensey, and when rabbit- 

 shooting further inland, I have noticed them occa- 

 sionally driven out by the beagles from cover, where no 

 one would ever imagine they would be found. 



The nest is small, and very artfully concealed. If 

 deprived of their first nest, one pair will continue 

 attempting to rear a brood till late in the season, even 

 after being robbed of three or four sets of eggs. 



They feed their young generally on the body of a 

 largish yellow moth. I observed several pairs carrying 

 a white substance in their mouths to their nests, which 

 I could not make out, and on shooting one bird from 

 each of two nests I discovered that the food was iden- 

 tical in both cases. The wings of the moth were 

 removed, so I was not entomologist enough to name the 

 species, but I observed that the birds hunted for their 

 prey among the lower part of the stems of the furze . 



The specimens in the case were taken near Brighton, 

 in July, 1869. 



SEDGE WARBLER. 



Case 13. 



This lively little bird is found from north to south, 

 wherever there are localities adapted to its habits. 



It seems as noisy and as much at home in the reeds 

 round a Highland loch as it does when met with in 

 the fens of Cambridge or the broads of Norfolk. 



The nest is generally placed at no great distance 

 from water, either among the roots of the sedges, on a 

 rough bank, or against the stump of a tree. 



The specimens in the case, both old and young, 

 were obtained near Heigham Sounds, in Norfolk, in 

 July, 1871. 



