BIRDS. Ill 



"Peggy Whitethroat," is applied indiscriminately to this 

 species, the Chiffchaff, and the Common and Lesser 



Whitethroats. 



Wood Wren B. Provincial name, Yellow Wren. The 



P. sibilatrix. largest and most yellow of the three 



Apl. in. Sept. ii. members of the genus. Its nest differs 



from the two last in having no lining 



of feathers. Found in many large open woods ; numerous 



on Pirn Hill. 



Reed Warbler B. Occurs on most of the larger meres 



Acroccphalus strepents. where the Reed (Arundo phvagmites) 



Apl. in. Sept. in. grows, and fastens its deep cup-shaped 



nest to the stems. It frequently sings 



at night, whence it is often mistaken by ignorant people 



for the Nightingale. This remark also applies to the 



Sedge Warbler. 



Great Reed Warbler. A specimen of this rare large species 



A. turdoides. was shot at Ellesmere about 1886. It 



was preserved by a local man named 



C. W. Lloyd, and purchased by H. Shaw; subsequently 



it passed through the hands of G. Cooke and G. F. Fox, 



to its present possessor, Mr. W. S. Brocklehurst, Kemp- 



ston, Bedfordshire. 



Sedge Warbler B. Common. Although it prefers the 

 A. phragmitis. neighbourhood of water, it occurs, and 



Apl. in. Sept. iv. sometimes nests, far from any pool. 



Grasshopper Warbler B. A bird rarely seen owing to 



Locustella ncevia. its shy skulking habits, but familiarly 



Apl. iv. Sept. in. known by its peculiar note, which 



resembles the chirp of a Grasshopper, 



