86 REED WARBLER. 



REED WARBLER. 



NIGHT WARBLER. REED WREN. 



PLATE CXVII. 



Sylvia arundinacea, PENNANT. BEWICK 



Motacilla arundinacea, MONTAGU. 



Curruca arundinacea, FLEMING. 



Salicaria arundinacea, SELBY. GOULD. 



Passer arundinacea minor, RAY. 



nest is a very artistical piece of work, and is 

 -*- generally placed between three, four, or five stems 

 of the common reud that grow near to one another, 

 at a height commonly of about three feet above the 

 water, but one has been known as much as nine feet 

 from the ground. To these the self-taught architect 

 fastens the cordage that supports her tent, twining and 

 interlacing it, that is, part of the materials of which 

 it is composed, round and round them at intervals, 

 until the whole is firmly fixed, not so firmly, however, 

 but that the reeds may be easily slipped out without 

 injuring the structure. It is formed of dried grass, 

 long stalks, dry leaves, lichens, and wool, as also at 

 times some moss, and is lined with the blossom of the 

 reed. It generally consists of two parts, a loose foun- 

 dation of the first-named materials, and the actual nest, 



