138 BRITISH BIRDS. 



THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. 



MONTAGU I 

 GRASSHOPPER LARK PENNANT. 



(Sylvia Lociistclla, Lath. Bcc-Jin locustelle, Temm.) 



THIS bird is between five and six inches in length, 

 and of a slender form. The tail is cuniform and 

 rather long, as well as the legs; the wings short, 

 reaching very little beyond the base of the tail. The 

 irides are hazel; upper mandible dusky, the under 

 one yellowish white towards the base: a brown 

 streak passes from the bill to the eye, and a white 

 one above it; the crown of the head, hinder part of 

 the neck, shoulders, and upper part of the back are 

 brown, with 'a slight tinge of olive, the middle of 

 each feather dusky; the wings are nearly of the 

 same colour, the feathers being dark in the middle, 

 and edged with pale brown ; the lower part of the 

 back, upper tail coverts, and tail, are pale brown; 



