GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. 285 
INSESSORES. SYLVIAD ZL, 
DENTIROSTRES, 
THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. 
Salicaria locustella. 
Sylvia locustella, Grasshopper Warbler, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. i. p. 518. 
Monrtacu, Ornith. Dict. 
Bewick, Brit. Birds, vol i. p. 236. 
29 bk) ” 9° 
” =199) ” ” 
Curruca 4, a ms Fiem. Brit. An. p. 69. 
Salicaria 4 % a Sexsy, Brit. Ornith. vol. i. pa l99: 
Sylvia a 5 es Junyns, Brit. Vert. p. 106. 
Locustella avicula, Brake Locustelle, GouLp, Birds of Europe, pt. xix. 
Sylvia locustella, Bec-fin Locustelle, Tremm. Man. d’Ornith. vol. i, p. 184. 
SALICARIA. Generic Characters.—Bill straight, subulate, expanded at the 
base, with the ridge of the upper mandible elevated, compressed towards the tip, 
which is slightly deflected and emarginated ; the edges straight, those of the under 
mandible being gently inflected. Nostrils, basal, lateral, oval, and exposed. 
Forehead narrow and depressed. Wings rather short ; the first quill nearly abort- 
ive, the second a little shorter than the third, which is the longest of all. Tail 
rounded. Legs having the tarsi longer than the middle toe ; feet rather large 
and stout ; the hind toe large and strong : claws moderately curved, long, and very 
sharp ; that of the hind toe longer and larger than any of the others. 
I nave followed several systematic authors in considering 
the four species next to be described as entitled to generic 
