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PLATE 45* *. Fig. 1. Natural size. 



Upper parts of the body deep oil-green ; the centres of the General 

 feathers, except upon the rump, dusky, or yellowish- 

 brown. Throat white, bounded by a circle of small 

 oval brown spots. Breast and flanks pale oil-green, 

 passing into greenish- white on the middle of the belly. 

 Under tail-coverts greyish- white, the shafts of the fea- 

 thers being black. Quills dusky, margined with pale 

 oil-green ; tail the same, and very wedge-shaped. Legs 

 and feet pale yellowish-brown. Claws hooked and 

 strong. 



The female is not distinguishable from the male bird in 

 the tints and formation of her plumage. 



SEDGE-WARBLER. 



SALICARIA PHRAGMITIS, Mihi. 

 PLATE XLV FIG. 2. 



Sylvia Phragmitis, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 633 Id. Tasschenb. 



Deut. p. 186. sp. 20. 



Sylvia Salicaria, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 516. sp. 26. 

 CuiTuca arundinacea, Briss. 3. p. 378. 5. 

 Avis consimilis staparolae, Rail Syn. p. 81. 6 Will. p. 153. 

 Becfin Phragmite, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 189. 

 Schilfsanger, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 234. 

 Enkel Karakiet, Sepp. NederL Vog. v. 2. t. 53. p. 98. 

 Sedge Warbler, Arct. Zool. 2. No. 419 White's Hist. Selb. p. 67-71. 74. 



Lath. Syn. 4. p. 430. 21. Id. Supp. p. 180 Mont. Ornith. Diet Id. 



Supp. Lewirfs Br. Birds, 3. t. 105 Wale. Syn. 2. t. 236 Putt. Cat. 



Dorset, p. 9 Don, Br. Birds, 2. t. 48. 

 Willow Lark or Sedge Bird, Br. ZooL 1. No. 155. 

 Heed Fauvette, Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. t 223. 



PROVINCIAL Sedge Wren, Lesser Reed-Sparrow, Blethering Tarn. 



IN size and form the Sedge- Warbler bears a great resem- Periodical 

 blance to the preceding species, but may always be distin- vlsltant - 

 guished from it by the distinct white streak that passes above 

 the eyes. 



It arrives about the same period, and resorts to marshes, 



