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pended between reed stems, like that of the Reed 

 Warbler, is placed on or near the ground, and the 

 eggs are of a pale yellowish-brown, clouded with 

 darker brown, and sometimes streaked at the larger 

 end with short hair-like black lines, 



GREAT REED WARBLER. Acrocephalus arundinaceus 

 (Linnteus). PI. 8, figs. 10, 10a. Length, 8 in.; wing, 

 3"75 in. ; tarsus, I'l in. 



An occasional summer migrant to England, 

 where the nest has been found in Surrey, Kent, 

 Hants, Herts, and Northamptonshire. It has also 

 been recorded as nesting in Northumberland (Rob- 

 son, ZooL, 1861, p. 7430), and as having occurred 

 at Wingham, Kent (Hammond, Zool, 1881, p. 463), 

 and at Ringwood, Hants (Mann, Zool, 1884, p. 343). 

 It is unknown in Scotland and Ireland. 



GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. Locustella ni&via (Bod- 

 Y daert). PI. 8, fig. 14. Length, 5-5 in. ; wing, 2-5 in. ; 



tarsus, '8 in. 



A summer migrant to England, generally distri- 

 buted ; common in Durham and Northumberland, 

 but rare in Westmorland, about Kirkby Lonsdale ; 

 only heard there twice by Mr. Hindson, who resided 

 in the parish more than fifty years. Farther north 

 it is sporadically met with as far as Arisaig, and 

 even in Skye. More local in Ireland, being oftener 

 seen in the eastern and southern counties. 



Remarkable for the character of its song, which 

 resembles the trill of a Grasshopper long continued. 



