THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER 
or June. Its nest is cunningly concealed either on the 
ground or just above it in the tangled lower vegetation 
of its haunt, long grass being a favourite situation. It is 
deep and cup-shaped, compact, and made outwardly of 
dry grass, dead leaves, and moss, and lined with fine 
round grass-stalks. ‘Thefive or six eggs are white suffused 
with the palest pink, spotted and profusely dusted with 
reddish brown and grey, with an occasional streak of dark 
brown. ‘The female sits closely, and glides from the nest 
in a very silent manner, seldom betraying its whereabouts. 
One brood only is reared in the season. 
The adult Grasshopper Warbler is olive-brown above, 
spotted with darker brown of the same shade, buffish 
brown below, merging into nearly white on the chin 
and belly, and the under tail-coverts have brown shaft-. 
marks. Bill dark brown, paler below ; tarsi and toes light 
brown ; irides brown. Length 54inches. ‘The nestlings 
are yellower in tint, and have many dark markings on the 
throat and flanks. 
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