20 THE BIPtDS OF DEYONSIITRE. 



informs me that it is still retained in tlie possession 

 of liis family. This example, like the first, was shot 

 in the vicinity of the sea. 



REED WAUBLEU.— Ac rocephnl us strejierus (Vieill). 

 A RARE summer visitant, catalogued as a Devon- 

 shire bird by Dr. Moore and subsequent writers, 

 but reported to Mr. A. G. More by Mr. Gatcombe 

 and the Rev. Murray A. Mathew as " not breeding 

 in Devonshire." The late Mr. J. H. Gurney, who, 

 as a Norfolk Naturalist, possessed an intimate 

 knowledge of this species, observed several l\eed 

 Warblers at Slapton Ley, on the 6th of May, 1871, 

 and as he heard them frequently during the 

 remainder of the month, it is not unlikely that they 

 nested in the locality ; they undoubtedly nest freely 

 in the West of Dorset. Further research may rJiow 

 that this species nests at Slapton Ley every year ; 

 nor is it unlikely that the Marsh Warbler (Acrocep- 

 liaJus palustn's) will prove to be a summer visitant 

 to Devon, since it frequently breeds in Somerset. 



SEDGE ^YAVvV,\^E?v,—Acrorpphahls phnn/)iii/is (Beclist), 

 A SUMMER visitant, plentiful in suitable localities in 

 the North and South, as on the river Clyst, where 

 I have taken many nests, but scarce in the neighbour- 

 hood of Dartmoor, where the streams are less 

 adapted to meet its requirements. 



(iRASSHOPPElt ^y\Vd^Ll^n.—LorNsMhl lurvin (RodJ). 

 A SUMMER visitant, uncertain in its numbers, beinir 

 rare in some seasons, but in others fairly numerous. 



