92 OUR SUMMER MIGRANTS. 



further information and a more detailed descrip- 

 tion. I may supplement his remarks, however, 

 by saying that Lord Lilford found it com- 

 mon in Corfu in May, and at Nice in August and 

 September ; ^ and that Mr. T. Drake met with 

 it in March in Tangier and Eastern Morocco.^ 

 Now that its occasional presence in this country 

 has been detected, ornithologists should look 

 out for it between April and September, and 

 scrutinize every Sedge-bird they see, on the 

 chance of meeting with the rarer species. 



I 



THE MARSH WARBLER. 



(Salicaria palustris. ) 



N appearance this bird resembles the com- 

 mon Reed Warbler, just as the Aquatic 

 Warbler resembles the Sedge-bird. It is one 

 of the plain-backed species, and similarity in 

 appearance as well as in habits causes it doubt- 



1 " Ibis," i860, p. 232. 2 « Ibis," 1867, p. 426. 



