﻿43<5. WARBLER, 



which it has been reckoned by all authors before Mr. Pen- 

 r.ant *. 



This defcription is drawn from a fpecimen in the Leverian 

 Mitfeum. It does not feem to be a common bird, as the above 

 is the only one which has come under our infpeclion. Mr. 

 Pennant fays, that it is a very artful bird, and fkulks in the 

 thicker!: part of the hedges, fo as to be forced out from thence 

 with great difficulty. Its note fo like that of a Grafshopper, as 

 to be miftaken for it. 



21. Motacilla falicaria, Lin. Syft.i. p. 330. N° 8. 



4- SEDGE W. L a F auvette j e ro feaux, Brif. orn. iii. p. 378. N° 5.— i?«/. oif. v. p. 142.— 



PL enl. 581. 2. 

 Avis confimilis ilcparola;, & magnaninse, Rati Syn,il. 6. 

 Salicaria, Id. 81. 11. — Will. orn. p. 217. 

 Letter Reed Sparrow, Id. p. 144. 



Sedge Bird, Albin. iii. pi. 60. — Br. Zool. i. N° 155. — ArQ. Zool, 



Lev. Muf. 



Description^ GlZE of the Blackcap, but more flender. The bill is black : 

 the head brown, marked with dufky ftreaks : cheeks, blown : 

 over each eye a white line, and above that a black one : the upper 

 parts of the neck and back reddifh brown, the laft marked with 

 black: wing coverts and quills dufky, the firft edged with pale 

 brown : the under parts are white, but the breaft and belly have 

 a yellow tinge: the tail is brown, and much rounded -, its coverts 

 are tawny : the legs are dufky. 



* It has alfo hitherto been figured with an even tail ; but if the bird of other 

 authors has an even tail, it mull be another fpecics : the hind claw of their 

 figure is likewife too ftrait. 



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