BIRDS OF THE BRITISH ISLES. 



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Warbler. 



THE Sedge Warbler (Acrocephalus phragmitis, Bechstein) is 

 a summer visitor to the British Isles, and is commonly 

 distributed in all suitable localities. It is said to breed 

 throughout most parts of Europe, and occurs as far east- 

 ward as the valley of the Yenisei, and a short distance 

 north of the Arctic Circle. The adult in summer has the 

 upper parts russet-brown, with dusky-brown centres to the 

 feathers; eye-stripe, huffish-white ; rump, yellowish-rufous;' 

 crown, streaked with brown ; wings and tail, brown, mar- 

 gined with paler brown ; beneath, huffish-white, tinged on 

 flanks with yellowish-brown ; irides, hazel ; bill, dark brown, 

 paler below; legs, feet, and claws, pale brown. Length, 



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