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north of Northamptonshire: it has now been observed in 
Staffordshire, Derbyshire, and Lincolnshire ; but not be- 
yond, that I am aware of. 
Montagu says it was numerous in the southern parts of 
Kent, about Romney Marsh: it has been found also in 
Sussex ; and Dr. Moore of Plymouth possesses a specimen 
taken in Devonshire, where, however, it is considered rare. 
It is also included in Mr. Templeton’s Catalogue of the 
Birds of Ireland, as having been once seen in the vicinity 
of Belfast. 
The Reed Warbler is abundant in Holland ; frequents 
Germany and France; is included among the Birds of 
Provence by Polydore Roux; and, according to S. Savi, is 
common in Italy from spring to October. It is found also 
in Corfu, Sicily, Malta, and Egypt; and Bryan Hodgson, 
Esq. includes it among the Birds of Nepal. 
The beak is longer than that of the Grasshopper War- 
bler or the Sedge Warbler, and rather broader at the base, 
of a pale brown colour, the under mandible inclining to a 
yellowish white; the irides brown: the head, neck, and 
all the upper surface of the body, of a uniform pale brown 
colour with a tinge of chestnut, the primary quill-feathers 
being a little darker: the form of the tail rounded, the 
outside feather being one-quarter of an inch shorter than 
that in the middle. The chin and throat white; breast, 
belly, flanks, and under tail-coverts, pale buff, rather lighter 
in colour along the middle line than on the sides. Legs, 
toes, and claws, pale brown. 
The length of the male bird five inches and a half. 
From the carpal jomt to the end of the longest quill- 
feather, two inches and five-eighths: the first feather very 
short ; the second, third, and fourth nearly equal in length, 
the third the longest. 
