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mandible, and yellowisli flesh-colour on the lower ; the gape 
is furnished with flne bristles. The eye is small, but bril¬ 
liant, and of a pale orange colour. The legs and feet are 
silvery-grey, the soles yellowish. 
The whole upper plumage of the Reed Warbler is greyish- 
olive, without any darker spots : the quill and tail-feathers 
are dusky, bordered with olive-brown. A slightly defined 
dusky line extends before and behind the eye, and a pale 
yellowish-brown streak passes above it. The under parts of 
the plumage are, in old birds, silvery-white upon the chin 
and belly, and yellowish-rufous upon the chest, flanks, and 
sides of the neck. The feathers above the knee are rufous. 
The egg of the Reed Warbler is figured 63. 
