588 REED WARBLER. 



THE Rush Warbler is less than S. modularis : 

 it is scarcely five inches in length : the prevailing 

 colour of its plumage is brown, with the under 

 ^parts palest : the tail is greatly forked : the beak 

 and legs are brown. It is common near habita- 

 tions in Virginia and Carolina, and feeds upon 

 insects. 



HEED WARBLER. 

 (Sylvia arundinacea.) 



SY. supra olivaceo-fasca subtus albida, loris et orbitisfusco-albes- 

 centibus, angulo carpi subtus luteo-fulva, cauda subcuneata 

 fusca. 



Warbler above olive-brown, beneath whitish, with the lores and 

 orbits brownish-white; the angle of the wings brownish-yel- 

 low beneath 5 the tail slightly wedged and brown. 



Sylvia arundinacea. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 510. 12. 



Motacilla arundinacea. Lightfoot. Phil. Trans. Ixxv. p. 8. 

 Gmel. Syst. Nat. 1. 992. 



Lesser Fauvette. Bewick. Brit. Birds. 1. 212. 



Reed Wren. Phil. Trans. Ixxv. p. 8. pi. I. Lath. Syn. Sup. 

 lQ4.Lewin. Brit. Birds. 3. pi. 114. Mont. Orn. Diet. 2. 

 Mont. Sup. 



THE Reed Warbler is scarcely five inches and 

 a half in length : its beak is broad at the base ; 

 it is dusky above and yellowish beneath : irides 

 hazel : the upper parts of the plumage are plain 

 olive-brown : from the beak to the eye is an ob- 

 scure lightish streak; the eyelids are also light, 



