16 SUMMEE VISITORS TO THE NEIGHBOURHOOD. 



and other plants are sometimes made use of. Again 

 there is another difference which was first noticed by Mr. 

 Warde Fowler, and that is that the stems which support 

 the marsh warbler's nest pass outside the nest and are 

 fastened to it only at the rim, while those which support a 

 reed warbler's nest generally are built into the walls of the 

 nest from near the bottom to the top. 



A few years ago it was denied that the marsh warbler 

 visited this country, and for some time, owing to his resem- 

 blance when dead to the reed warbler, he was overlooked. 

 He is probably much more abundant than is thought, but 

 easily passed over. For the last two years he has nested 

 between Bristol and Bath. In 1894 I found a nest on June 

 19th, and the young hatched on July 5th, and this year I 

 heard the cock singing on June 6th, and Mr. A. F. R. 

 WoUaston found the nest on June 20th. Unfortunately, 

 Avhen we went to visit it again, expecting to find the young 

 hatched, we found the nest pulled out and lying on the 

 ground. 



It is now time to bring my very rambling paper to a 

 close. I have confined myself to very few of the number of 

 species which come here as summer visitors. There are 

 many others quite as numerous and quite as interesting as 

 those I have mentioned, but it was necessary to make a 

 selection out of so many, and naturally I have selected my 

 own favourites. 



