236 BRITISH BIRDS. 



AQUATIC WARBLER IN SUSSEX. 



On October 7th last I had the good fortune to shoot an 

 Aquatic W Sirhler {Acrocephalus aquaticus) on the Eastbourne 

 Crumbles. I have for the last fifteen years examined every 

 Sedge- Warbler I have seen in the hopes of finding an Aquatic. 



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Aquatic Warbler, Eastbourne, Sussex, October 7, 1908. 

 (Drawn by E. C. Arnold.) 



This bird put its head out of a single tamarisk bush on the 

 shingle and I at once felt sure it was a rarity, the eyestripe 

 beincT most pronounced. The sketch which I made of it shows 

 the wedge-shaped character of the tail, which seems to me a 



