84 SEDGE WARBLER. 



SEDGE WARBLER. 



SEDGE BIRD. SEDGE WRE.V. REED FAUVETTE. 



PLATE CXVI. 



Sylvia salicaria LATHAM. 



Sylvia Phragmitis, TEMMINCK. 



Salicaria Phragmitis, SELBY. 



Calamoherpe. Phragmitis, MACGILLIVRAY. 



"~\T. Rowe, Esq., of Worcester College, Oxford, has 

 Jo taken the nest in a Seringa tree. It . is usually 

 placed at about two, and never at a greater height 

 t han three or four feet from the ground, on a stump 

 of a willow or alder tree, but generally among the 

 tall grass or flags that grow along the side of the 

 river or pool. G. B. Clarke, Esq., of Woburn, has 

 been kind enough to forward me specimens of the 

 nest and eggs. So has also James Dalton Esq., of 

 Worcester College, Oxford. The nest is made of stalks 

 of grass, and other smaller plants, lined with finer 

 parts of the same and hair: it is rather large, and 

 but loosely put together. Selby says that moss is 

 sometimes used. The young leave the nest very soon. 

 The eggs, four, or generally five, Sir William 

 Jardine says six or seven, in number, are of a pale 

 yellowish-brown colour, marked with light brown and 

 dull grey. They are usually closely freckled all over. 



