310 TEN YEAKS IN SWEDEN. 



white. Secondaries with broad pale grey edges. 

 First wing feather shorter than the wing covert ; second 

 and third alike, and longest. Tail 1^-in. long, broad 

 and rounded. Iris red-brown. Legs flesh-coloured 

 grey. 



Is partially distributed over the whole of the country, 

 as far at least as Stockholm. Supposed to be met with 

 in the north of Lapland, but this I believe, is by no 

 means well authenticated. Is the only one of the marsh 

 warblers met with in Finland. 



92. C. ARUNDINACEA, Boie. Eor Sangare. The Eeed 



Warbler. D. 



About the size of the last, but may always be dis- 

 tinguished by the lighter coloured, unspotted body, and 

 longer tail, 2 in. Second wing feather like the fourth ; 

 third a little longer, and longest. 



Is much rarer than the last in Scandinavia, and I fancy 

 confined to the south of the country. I have shot it near 

 Gothenburg. : 



The nests of the reed warblers which I have taken, have 

 invariably been cup -shaped, suspended a foot or so above 

 the water's edge, fastened between upright reeds growing 

 in the water. Eggs whitish, mottled green. I never myself 

 took the nest of the sedge warbler in such a situation. 

 The latter nest is always built with much less care, placed 

 often on or close to the ground, by the side of the river, 

 among sedge and high grass, and the eggs have the ap- 

 pearance of being marbled with pale brown, often rather 

 resembling those of the yellow wagtail, but darker. As 

 in England, I fancy this bird is local, but they both fre- 

 quent the same tracts. 



93. C. PALUSTRIS, Bechst. Karr Sangare. D. 



In size, colour, and appearance, much resembles the 

 reed warbler, but the rusty yellow tinge on the sides 

 of the body, the light blue legs, and the orange-yellow 

 (not orange-red) gape, are all good marks of distinc- 



