REED AVARBLER. 



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ceding it, with both of which, however, it has many habits in 

 common, 



Mr. Hoy informs me that the Sedge and Reed Warblers 

 retain their old plumage for some time after breeding, and 

 migrate before they change their feathers. A Reed Warbler 

 kept in confinement had not moulted at the beginning of 

 December 1837. 



The vignette below represents the nest of the Reed War- 

 bler, obtained from a reed-bed near the Thames. 



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