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THE AQUATIC WARBLER. 



{Salicaria aqtmtica.) 



N three occasions only has the Aquatic 

 Warbler been recognised in England. 

 One taken at Hove, near Brighton, in October, 

 1853, is in the collection of Mr. Borrer;^ a 

 second, in my possession, was killed near 

 Loughborough, in the summer of 1864;^ and 

 a third, believed to have been obtained near 

 Dover, is in the Dover Museum.^ This bird 

 resembles the Sedge Warbler in size and gene- 

 ral appearance, but, in addition to the light 

 stripe over each eye, it differs in having a light 

 stripe down the centre of the forehead ; this, 

 being very distinct, furnishes a good means of 

 identifying it readily. The species has been 

 figured by Dr. Bree in his " Birds of Europe," 

 to which work the reader may be referred for 



1 Cf. Newton, P. Z. S., 1866, p. 210. 



2 "Ibis," 1867, p. 468. 



^ Cf. J. H. Gumey, jun., "Zoologist," 1871, p. 2521. 



