394 CALAMOHERPE PHRAGMITIS. 



Young. — The young when fledged have the bill greyish- 

 brown above, flesh-coloured beneath ; the feet flesh-coloured ; 

 the upper parts reddish-brown, the head spotted with brownish- 

 black, the back with brown ; the rump unspotted ; the streak 

 over the eye reddish- white ; the lower parts dull brownish- 

 white : in short, they resemble the adults, only that they are 

 more tinged with red. 



Remarks. — The Sedge Reedling is readily distinguished 

 from the Grasshopper Chirper by the light-coloured band over 

 the eye, as well as the much less rounded tail. It however 

 greatly resembles that species both in form and in habits, al- 

 though the one resorts to thickets and hedges, while the other 

 betakes itself to marshy or moist coverts. The bill of this spe- 

 cies, although slender, is rather broad at the base, and is 

 straighter and longer than that of the White-throated Warbler 

 and other species of that genus, of which however the general 

 appearance and proportions are not very dissimilar. Indeed, 

 were the birds of this family not so numerous, it would scarcely 

 be judicious to refer them to so many genera. 



