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THE PERCHING BIRDS 



The nest is a slight structure, of dry stems without any lining, or of dry stems and 

 a little green moss, lined with the feathers of the gad wall. The eggs are yellowish 

 brown. The adult male in spring has the upper parts rusty russet brown, with 

 dark centres to the feathers, the eye stripe being buffish white; while the wings and 

 tail are brown, and the under parts buffish white. 



GRASSHOPPER, RIVER, AND SAVl'S WARBLERS. 

 (Two-thirds natural size.) 



Nearly allied to the last, the grasshopper warblers (Locustella) . of 

 Grasshopper , . . ,, . , . , ,. i . . , , , 



w .. which there are some eight species, may be distinguished by the 



smaller development of the rictal bristles, as well as by the more 

 markedly graduated tail, in which the outermost feathers are less than three-fourths 

 the total length. They derive their name from their peculiar chirping notes. The 

 grasshopper warbler (L. ncevia) is a regular but local summer visitant to Europe, 

 arriving in Britain in the month of April in small flocks which soon break up, each 



