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north of Northamptonshire : it has now been observed in 

 Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire ; but not be- 

 yond, that I am aware of. 



Montagu says it was numerous in the southern parts of 

 Kent, about Romney Marsh : it has been found also in 

 Sussex ; and Dr. Moore of Plymouth possesses a specimen 

 taken in Devonshire, where, however, it is considered rare. 

 It is also included in Mr. Tempi eton's Catalogue of the 

 Birds of Ireland, as having been once seen in the vicinity 

 of Belfast. 



The Reed Warbler is abundant in Holland ; frequents 

 Germany and France ; is included among the Birds of 

 Provence by Polydore Roux ; and, according to S. Savi, 

 is common in Italy from spring to October. It is found also 

 in Corfu, Sicily, Malta, and Egypt; and Bryan Hodgson, 

 Esq., includes it among the Birds of Nepal. 



The beak is longer than that of the Grasshopper War- 

 bler or the Sedge Warbler, and rather broader at the base, 

 of a pale brown colour, the under mandible inclining to a 

 yellowish white ; the irides brown : the head, neck, and 

 all the upper surface of the body, of a uniform pale brown 

 colour with a tinge of chestnut, the primary quill -feathers 

 being a little darker : the form of the tail rounded, the 

 outside feather being one-quarter of an inch shorter than 

 that in the middle. The chin and throat white ; breast, 

 belly, flanks, and under tail-coverts, pale buff, rather lighter 

 in colour along the middle line than on the sides. Legs, 

 toes, and claws, pale brown. 



The length of the male bird five inches and a half. 

 From the carpal joint to the end of the longest quill- 

 feather, two inches and five- eighths: the first feather very 

 short ; the second, third, and fourth nearly equal in length, 

 the third the longest. 



The female is rather less than the male, measuring only 



