REED WARBLER. 



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The female is rather less than the male, measuring only 

 five inches in length ; but is not otherwise unlike the 

 male. 



The character of the beak, the entire absence of the 

 buffy white stripe over the ear-coverts, and the uniform 

 colour of the whole of the upper surface of the body of this 

 bird, distinguish it from either the Grasshopper Warbler 

 or the Sedge Warbler, with both of which, however, it has 

 many habits in common. 



The vignette below represents the nest of the Reed 

 Warbler, obtained from a reed-bed near the Thames. 



