REED WARBLER. 299 
The female is rather less than the male, measuring only 
five inches in length; but is not otherwise unlike the 
male, 
The character of the beak, the entire absence of the 
buffy white stripe over the ear-coverts, and the uniform 
colour of the whole of the upper surface of the body of this 
bird, distinguish it from either the Grasshopper Warbler 
or the Sedge Warbler, with both of which, however, it has 
many habits in common. 
The vignette below represents the nest of the Reed 
Warbler, obtained from a reed-bed near the Thames. 
