BIRD LIFE ON THE BROADS 205 



slowly and noiselessly propelled by the long pole 

 or " quant " of the marsh man. We catch a hasty 

 glimpse of a Reed Bunting, a fine cock bird, with 

 black head and a white collar/ As he disappears 

 amongst the reeds he flirts an ample tail, in which 

 the outer feathers show white, an unmistakable 

 little bird at all times. Hardly has he disappeared 



THE SEDGE WARBLER. 



before we hear the characteristic hurrying notes of 

 the Sedge Warbler, " chitty, chitty, chitty, cha, 

 cha," and catch sight of the bird as it quickly shifts 

 its position on a slanting reed stem. We easily 

 know it from the Reed Warbler by its mottled 

 appearance about the head and wings, the same 

 parts in the other bird being of a uniform pale 

 1 Its portrait appears on page 15. 



