THE SEDGE WARBLER. 



(Salicaria phragmitis^] 



T EAVING the woods, gardens, and planta- 

 - ' tions, and proceeding to the river side, we 

 meet with a very different class of birds the river 

 warblers. This is a very numerous family, and 

 were we about to treat of all the known species, 

 it might be advisable for simplicity's sake to 

 group them into sub-families. As we are con- 

 fining our attention, however, for the present, to 

 those species only which have been met with in 

 the British Islands, it will be less confusing if 

 we dispense with this subdivision, and notice 



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