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The Grasshopper Warbler {Locustella locustella, Latham) 

 is a summer visitor to the British Isles, and found nesting 

 in most parts of England and Wales ; it, however, becomes 

 rarer northwards of Northumberland and Durham. It is 

 distributed over the greater part of Europe, and is found 

 as far north as St. Petersburg, wintering in Northern 

 Africa, and it is said occasionally to winter in Southern 

 Europe. The adult male has the upper parts olive-brown, 

 with dark centres to the feathers; primaries and tail, brown, 

 with faint bars on the latter ; beneath, pale brown ; neck 

 and breast, spotted with darker brown ; dark centres on 

 under tail-coverts ; irides, brown ; bill, legs, and feet, 

 brown. Length, about five inches. The adult female 

 closely resembles the male in colouration. 



