Warbler. INSESSORES. SALICARIA. 201 



Plate 45* *. Fig. 1. Natural size. 



Upper parts of the body deep oil-green ; the centres of the General 

 feathers, except upon the rump, dusky, or yellowish- tjo^n"^" 

 brown. Throat white, bounded by a circle of small 

 oval brown spots. Breast and flanks pale oil-green, 

 passing into greenish-white on the middle of the belly. 

 Under tail-coverts greyish- white, the shafts of the fea- 

 thers being black. Quills dusky, margined with pale 

 oil-green ; tail the same, and very wedge-shaped. Legs 

 and feet pale yellowish-brown. Claws hooked and 

 strong. 

 The female is not distinguishable from the male bird in 

 the tints and formation of her plumage. 



SEDGE-WARBLER. 



Salic ARIA Phragmitis, Miki. 

 PLATE XLV • *. Fig. 2. 



Sylvia Phragmitis, Bechst. Naturg. Deut. v. 3. p. 633 — Id. Tasschenb. 



Deut. p. 18C. sp. 20. 

 Sylvia Salicaria, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 516'. sp. 20. 

 Curruca arundinacea, Brhs. 3. p. 378. 5. 

 Avis consimilis staparolas, Baii Syn. p. 81. G — Will. p. 153. 

 Becfin Pliragmite, Temm. Man. d'Ornith. v. 1. p. 189. 

 Schilfsanger, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 234. 

 Enkel Karakiet, Sepp. Nederl. Vog. v. 2. t. 53. p. 98. 

 Sedge Warbler, Arct. Zool. 2. No. 419 — White" s Hist. Selb. p. 67. 71. 74. 



Lath. Syn. 4. p. 430. 21 — Id. Supp. p. 180 Mont. Ornith. Diet Id. 



Supp.— Letoitt's Br. Birds, 3. t. 105 — Wale. Syn. 2. t. 236 Full. Cat. 



Dorset, p. 9 — Don, Br. Birds, 2. t. 48. 

 Willow Lark or Sedge Bird, Br. Zool. 1. No. 155. 

 Heed Fauvette, Bewick's Br. Birds, 1. t. 223. 



Provincial — Sedge Wren, Lesser Reed-Sparrow, Blethering Tarn. 

 In size and form the Sedge- War bier bears a great resem- Periodical 



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blance to the preceding species, but may always be distin- 

 guished from it by the distinct white streak that passes above 

 the eyes. 



It arrives about the same period, and resorts to marshes, 



visitant. 



