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MOTACILLA ARUNDINACEA. 



Phil. Trans, vol. 75. 



THE REED WARBLER, 



PLATE. LXXI. 



i he bill is black at the point, flesh-colour at the 

 base ; the eyes, brown ; the inside of the mouth, 

 orange-colour ; from the bill to the eye, a pale line ; 

 the whole upper side of the bird is of a dusky olive- 

 brown ; the wings and tail, darker than the rest : the 

 tail, when spread, is fan-shaped ; the throat is white ; 

 the breast and belly, a pale buff-colour ; the feathers 

 under the tail, white ; the legs and feet, of an olive- 

 colour. 



This bird was communicated to the Royal Society, 

 as a new British species, by the late Rev. Mr. Light- 

 foot, in 1785, and was published in the Philosophical 

 Transactions, vol. 'j^, part the ist. Mr. Lightfoot 

 first discovered it on the banks of the river Colne, near 

 Uxbridge. He very properly conjectures, that the 

 bird was not confined to that place alone ; for it 

 was known to me long before that time, though I 

 knew no name for it. Its haunts in Yorkshire, are 

 rushy places near rivulets ; and its actions greatly re- 

 semble those of the White-Throat. I have seen sev- 

 eral of their nests in Yorkshire : and the birds have 

 also been sent to me from Lancashire, shot on the river 

 Roch. 



The butterfly is called the small garden White-She- 

 Caterpillar, * feeds on cabbage, changes to a chrysalis 

 in September, and flies the following May. A, the 

 male; B, the female.^ 



* Papilio Rapae Linn. 



