REED-WARBLER. 



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monly met with, but also that the original Motacilla artin- 

 dinacca of Lightfoot was one. 



The Editor must add that he does not charge with want 

 of caution those writers who have unhesitatingly admitted 

 the Marsh- Warbler as a British bird, he can only lament 

 that his own power of discrimination is so inferior to theirs. 

 If, before investigating the subject, he had any preposses- 

 sion at all, it was in favour of the occasional appearance of 

 the bird in England ; but since, according to the ornitho- 

 logists who have studied both species in life, it differs so 

 strikingly in song and habits from the Keed- Warbler, it is 

 manifestly unlikely to occur often in this country without its 

 presence being speedily remarked by our numerous out-of- 

 doors observers. 



