THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 



LOCUSTELLA N^^VIA 



This interesting little species, the "Grasshopper 

 Lark " of Pennant and Gilbert White, and the 

 " Reel Bird " still of many country folk, is one of 

 the most skulking of our native birds. The Grass- 

 hopper Warbler, as most modern ornithologists now 

 designate it, is a very widely distributed species in 

 our islands, if somewhat local, and perceptibly more 

 abundant in some districts than others. It is a 

 regular summer visitor to most parts of England 

 and Wales. In Scotland, although rarer and more 

 local, its chief resorts appear to be south of the 

 Forth, although it is known to breed sparingly 

 here and there at least as far north as Skye. 

 We also find it widely distributed in Ireland, but 

 local there, as everywhere else, and with its head- 

 quarters in the eastern and southern counties. It 

 is a summer visitor to various parts of Central 

 and Southern Europe (south of the Baltic), and is 

 said to visit South-western Asia as far as the 

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