470 BRITISH BIRDS' NESTS. 



and hurriedly delivered. Naumann represents them 

 as tiri, tier, zach, zerr, scherk, heid, tret, each 

 note being repeated a number of times. Local 

 and other names : Night Warbler, Reed Wren, and 

 in some localities Reed Sparrow. Sits rather 

 closely, and is noisy when disturbed. I have on 

 several occasions watched the female industriously 

 carrying piece after piece of building material to 

 her nest whilst her mate flitted about from 

 place to place pouring out his notes in breathless 

 and vehement haste, but never once attempting 

 to assist her in her work. 



REED WARBLER ON NEST 



WARBLER, SAVFS. 



(Locustella luscim'oides.) 

 Order PASSERES ; Family SYLVIID^E (WARBLERS). 



This bird used formerly to breed in the Fen 

 country, but has long since ceased to do so on 

 account of the drainage carried out therein, and 

 is now only a very rare summer visitor, so that I 

 fear we must now number it amongst Britain's 

 lost breeding birds. 



