THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 79 



The Grasshopper Warbler has the general colour 

 of the upper plumage olive-brown, each feather with 

 an ill-defined dark centre : the wings and tail are 

 dark brown, with paler brown margins to the 

 feathers. The chin and centre of the belly are 

 white, shading into buffish-brown on the breast, 

 flanks, thighs, and under tail-coverts, the latter 

 having dark centres. There is little difference 

 in the colour of the sexes ; and the total length is 

 about five and a half inches. 



