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GREAT SEDGE WARBLER. 



PLATE CXX. 



Salicaria Tnrdoides, SELBT. 



THE nest is located among the stalks of reeds, and is almost entirely 

 composed of the blossoms and tops of reeds and other grasses, to about 

 the thickness of an inch, laced together with their stalks and leaves. 



The eggs are four or five in number, obtuse, greenish white, spotted 

 with black and ash-colour. A variety in the collection of Mr. Salmon 

 is tinted with light blue sparingly spotted. 



One is of a greenish white, spotted with grey and brown spots, and 

 one or two yellowish brown ones. 



A second is of a light brownish yellow, with large brown and dull 

 yellowish green spots. 



A third is grounded with grey, spotted with a few dull yellowish 

 green spots, and some bluish grey ones. 



A fourth is of dark green, spotted with one or two greenish yellow 

 blots, and some reddish brown ones. 



The ground of a fifth is yellowish green, spotted with darker yellow 

 and brown. 



W. F. W. Bird, Esq. has kindly sent me a drawing of an egg from 

 the fine collection of Lord Garvagh, and his Lordship has also let me 

 have the egg itself. C. G. Tottenham, Esq., and J. R. De Capel Wise, 

 Esq., have also favoured me with the loan of specimens. 



