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legs, longer wings, and purer yellow colour, dis- 

 tinguishes this from the last. The first wing feather 

 longer than the nearest covert ; second shorter than 

 fifth, longer than sixth. 

 Is much commoner in Scandinavia than the last, and is 



met with throughout the country, from Scania up to the 



North Cape. 



90. F. ABIETINA, Nilss. Gran Sangare. The Chiff Chaff. 



D. F. 



Eather smaller than the last. Upper parts grey- 

 brown, tinged with olive green; under, yellowish 

 white. First wing feather much longer than the 

 nearest covert ; second much shorter than fifth, shorter 

 than sixth, equal to the seventh. Legs dark brown. 

 Is met with in many of the fir forests in the middle 

 of the country, but nowhere so common as the last; nor 

 does it appear to go so far north, although I shot one 

 example at Quickiock. 



The Dartford warbler is unknown in the north. 



SECTION 4. Calamoherpe, Boie. 



MARSH WAEBLEES. 



Forehead flat, beak strong, broad at the root; a few 

 bristles at the gape. Wings short, rounded. Feet and 

 claws large. Tail long, rounded. Colour, generally brown- 

 grey ; in some tinged with olive green. 



Are always met with among bushes, reeds, and grass, 

 in the neighbourhood of water. Some of them build a 

 hanging nest. The eggs are generally more mottled than 

 spotted. 



91. CALAMOHEEPE PHEAGMITIS, Boie. Saf Sangare. The 



Sedge Warbler. D. F. 



Length, 5^- in. Upper plumage olive brown. Spotted 

 on the back and shoulders with brown. Upper parts 

 rusty brown, unspotted; rump yellow. A broad, 

 streak over the eyes, and the under parts yellowish 



