BRITISH BIRDS. 141 



THE REED WARBLER. 



REED WREN, OR NIGHT WARBLER. 



(Sylvia Arundmacea t Lath. Bee-fin des roscaux, 

 Temm.) 



THE bill, from the tip to the feathers on the 

 brow, is more than three-eighths of an inch long, 

 the upper mandible is dusky with yellow edges, 

 and tapered to a ridge on the middle, slightly 

 notched at the tip, and has a few slight hairs at 

 the sides of the mouth projecting over the gape: 

 a lightish streak passes above the eyes; the cheeks 

 and sides of the neck are pale brown, the rest of 

 the head and all the upper plumage is brown, 

 more or less tinged with olive: the quills and tail 

 feathers are of a darker brown, with pale edges; 

 the tail is rather longish, and the middle feathers 

 are somewhat longer than the rest; the throat and 

 fore part of the neck are white; the breast and 



