

SEDGE WARBLER. 



ACROCEPHALUS PHRAGMITIS. 

 Family Passerid.*:. Sub-family Sylviinve. Genus AcRO- 



CEPHALUS. 



Sedge Bird — Sedge Wren. 



We may expect to find the Sedge Bird with us about 

 the last week in April, and we may look for its eggs 

 early in May. In all parts of our country it is pretty 

 common. It is a retiring little bird, preferring to keep 

 out of sight in the middle of the bushes which line the 

 water's edge, for the sedge, as its name implies, is not 

 its only favourite haunt, and it is equally fond of the 

 bushes and brambles down by pools and marshes. It 

 is a noisy little songster, and has an astonishingly 

 strong voice for such a small bird. In the summer 

 evenings it will frequently sing on into the night, and 

 its voice is often heard at midnight. It is also said to 

 have the power of imitating other birds. Throw a 

 stone into the middle of the bush where our little 

 friend is hidden, and you will always draw a song out 

 of him, quite defiantly uttered at you as he hops a few 

 yards off, with an eye to his safety. 



The nest of the Sedge Warbler is made of coarse 

 grass, and lined with finer grass and hair ; but the 



