26 GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. HEDGE-SPARROW. 



Genus— LOCUSTELLA. 



LOCUSTELLA N^VIA— Grasshopper Warbler. 



S^Acrocephalus imvius — Yarrell^ 



The note of this bird has some resemblance to the rougli, 

 chirping noise of the grasshopper. White, of Selborne, first described 

 it in 1768. It is a shy, vigilant bird, secreting itself in the hedge- 

 bottom, or low vegetation, often creeping along for many yards in 

 succession, more like a mouse than a bird. It is not uncommon 

 in the midland districts of the county. " It is scarcely possible," 

 says the Rev. Clement T.eyif' to take an evening walk in June, 

 in the Ross district, without hearing the ventriloquistic trill of this 

 species, either in the clover, or grass fields, or in the hedges around 

 them. I have found its nest in hedge-rows and ditches, but more 

 often in open clover fields, supported by the stems of the clover, as 

 the Reed Warbler's nest is supported by the stems of the reeds." 



Mr. W. C. Blake says that Marcle Wood is a good locality for 

 this bird, and that five or six have been seen there at one time. 

 Mr. J. W. Lloyd reports that a nest with four eggs in it, was taken 

 at Croft, in May, 1884. 



[Locustella luscinioides— Savi's Warbler. 



[Acrocephahis luschiioides — Yarrell?^ 



A very rare summer visitor to England. 



[Genus — Cettia.] 



[Cettl\ sericea— Cetti's Warbler.] 



Of very doubtful occurrence. 



Genus— ACCENTOR. 

 ACCENTOR MODULARIS— Hedge-sparrow. 

 This gentle, unobtrusive bird, the " aizack " of Herefordshire 

 boys, is happily very common throughout the county ; there is 



