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near the bottom of a tuft of thick coarse herbage, 

 and well concealed, is composed of coarse grass, 

 and lined with hair. The female lays four or five 

 eggs of a pale yellowish brown, freckled with 

 darker brown. 



WARBLER, SEDGE. 



SYLVIA PHEAGMITIS, Selly. 



The Sedge Warbler, which is rather common in 

 many parts of England, but rare in Scotland, 

 arrives the end of April, and departs the be- 

 ginning of October. Its favourite resorts are 

 places overgrown with reeds and other tall aquatic 

 plants, among which it searches for its insect food 

 and places its nest, which is bulky, loosely con- 

 structed of grasses, and lined with finer materials. 

 The eggs, five in number, are of ^, greenish white 

 colour, dotted with light brown. 



WAEBLEE, WILLOW. 



SYLVIA TORCHILTJS, Penn. 



The Willow Warbler, which is very generally 

 dispersed, arrives in England early in April, and 



