166 PASSERES. SYLVIA: GRASSHOPPER 
with reeds, and which may consequently be denominated 
aquatic warblers ; the second composed of the various spe- 
cies, that, during the summer, render cheerful our woods and 
thickets by their melodious songs, and which, after Trem- 
MINCK, may be properly styled sylvan warblers. 'The plu- 
mage of most of the European species is plain, and uniform 
in colour ; and, in general, the male birds differ but slightly 
from the females. ‘Their moult is simple. Insects constitute 
the chief food of all the species, but particularly those of the 
first section. Several species of the second section also de- 
vour the smaller kinds of fruit. 
SECTION I. AQUATIC WARBLERS. 
DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERS. 
Wings short, and rounded. Forehead and crown low, 
and depressed. ‘Tail very wedge-shaped, and rather long. 
Inhabit marshy places, and the borders of rivers, and other 
waters. Feed upon the insects natural to such situations ; 
and breed among the reeds or rushes. The song of many of 
the species consisting of a great variety of notes, delivered in 
a quick and hurried manner. 
Grasshopper Warbler.—Sylvia Locustella, Lath. 
PLATE 45 **, Fig. 1. 
Sylvia locustella, Lath. Ind. Ornith. v. 2. p. 515. sp. 25. 
Locustella avicula, Rati, Syn. p. 70. A. 7.—Will. p. 151. 
L’ Alouette locustelle, Buff: Ois. v. 5. p. 42.—Id. Pl. Enl. v. 581. £3. under 
the title of Fauvette tachetée. 5 
Bec-fin locustelle, Temm. Man. d’Ornith. v. 1. p. 184. 
Fleuschrechen-sanger, Meyer, Tasschenb. Deut. v. 1. p. 230.—Bechst. Na- 
turg. Deut. v. 3. p. 562. sp. 23. 
Grasshopper Warbler, Br. Zool. 1. No. 156.—Arct. Zool. 2. p. 419.—Lath. 
Syn. 4. p. 429. t. 20.—IJd. Supp. 2. p. 240.—White’s Hist. Selb. p. 45.— 
Lewin’s Br. Birds, 3. t. 98.—Mont. Ornith. Dict.—Id. Supp.—Bewick’s 
Supp. to Br. Birds. 
Titlark that sings like a grasshopper, Wi//. (Ang.) p. 207. 
