478 SKETCHES OF EUROPEAN ORNITHOLOGY. 
unarmed, semi-cylindric, lip dilated, spoon-shaped, with small incurved 
nail. Sides of mandibles with pectinated lamelle. Nostrils medial, 
oval, basal. Taz? short, simple, commonly 14-feathered. Spathulea, 
of Fleming. ood, of this, the only British species, Insect-larve, 
fresh-water plants. Vidification, like that of Common Wild Duck. 
Eggs: 10—12; pale-green. Figures of male and female admirably 
executed.* 
Puate III. Reed-Wren,—Salicaria arundinacea, ( Sylvia, Mo- 
tacilla, and Curruca arund., respectively, of Latham, Gmelin, and 
Brisson ),—le Bec-fin des Roseaux, ou Efarvatte, /’7.,—der Rohrsan- 
ger, G.,—het Karrakietje, D. A British species, migratory ; ar- 
riving in April: nearly allied to S. phragmitis ; but distinguishable 
by larger size, and uniform tint of upper surface. ood: aquatic 
flies and larve. Nest: upright,+ flower-pot-shaped; formed of 
seed-tops of reeds and long grass, and attached to stems of the for- 
mer. Eggs: 4—5, greenish-white, speckled and blotched with 
brown and dull-green. J%g. Male and Female. 
Prate IV. Natterer’s Warbler,—Sylvia Nattereri,—Bec-fin 
Natterer, #7. A new and rare species, discovered, by Natterer of 
Vienna, in South of Spain, and since met with in South of France, 
Switzerland, and the Tyrol. Mood: small Arachnida and Insects. 
Nest: among grass; spherical: formed externally of dead leaves, 
with lateral orifice. Eggs: 4—5, globular, white, dotted with pale- 
red. Jig. One male. 
Puiate V. The Sanderling,—Arenaria Calidris, olim Calid.,— 
Tringa arenaria,—le Sanderling variable, F’r.,—der gemeine Strand- 
laufer, graue Sonderling, G'..—Grijze Zandplevier, D. An autum- 
nal migrant from the Arctic regions ; arriving about August or Sep- 
tember. Food: Coleoptera, and marine insects. Nidification un- 
known. Fig. two birds in summer- and winter- plumage. 
PLATE VI. Tree-Pipit,—Anthus arboreus,—le Pipit des Buis- 
sons, F’.,—der Baumpieper, G. A British species, nearly resem- 
bling A. pratensis ; but distinguishable by its short and curved hind- 
claw, and migratory habits. Arrives in early spring. ‘ood: insects 
* Having exhausted all our scanty stock of laudatory epithets in the analy- 
sis of the preceding parts of Mr. Gould’s work, we shall, henceforth, observe 
an economical silence in our descriptions, except when we have some glaring 
defect to notice, or some important error to expose.—P. 
+ The nest and egg of this species are beautifully and correctly figured by 
Schinz, in his admirable Beschreibung und Abbildung der kiinsilichen Nester 
und Eyer der Vogel: 4to. Zurich, 1830. 
