272 SYLVIAD.E. 



Kent, about Romney Marsh : it has been found also in 

 Sussex ; and Dr. JNIoore of Plymouth possesses a specimen 

 taken in Devonshire, where, however, it is considered rare. 

 It is also included in Mr. Templeton's Catalogue of the 

 Birds of Ireland, as having been once seen in the vicinity of 

 Belfast. 



The Reed Warbler is abundant in Holland ; frequents 

 Germany and France ; is included among the Birds of Pro- 

 vence by Polydore Roux ; and, according to S. Savi, is 

 common in Italy from spring to October. 



The beak is longer than that of the Grasshopper Warbler 

 or the Sedge Warbler, and rather broader at the base, of a 

 pale brown colour, the under mandible inclining to a yellow- 

 ish white ; the irides brown : the head, neck, and all the 

 upper surface of the body, of a uniform pale brown colour 

 with a tinge of chestnut, the primary quill-feathers being a 

 little darker: the form of the tail rounded, the outside feather 

 being one- quarter of an inch shorter than that in the middle. 

 The chin and throat white ; breast, belly, flanks, and under 

 tail-coverts, pale buff, rather lighter in colour along the 

 middle line than on the sides. Legs, toes, and claws, pale 

 brown. 



The length of the male bird five inches and a half. From 

 the carpal joint to the end of the longest quill-feathcr, two 

 inches and five-eighths : the first feather very short ; the se- 

 cond, third, and fourth nearly equal in length, the third the 

 longest. 



The female is rather less than the male, measuring only 

 five inches in length ; but is not otherwise unlike the 

 male. 



The character of the beak, the entire absence of the bufFy 

 white stripe over the ear-coverts, and the uniform colour of 

 the whole of the upper surface of the body of this bird, dis- 

 tinguish it from cither of the two species immediately pre- 



