Class II. SEDGE WARBLER. 517 



TION. 



The head and upper part of the body of the Descrip- 

 wren are of a deep reddish brown ; above each 

 eye is a stroke of white ; the back, and coverts 

 of the wings, and tail, are marked with slender 

 transverse black lines; the quil feathers with 

 bars of black and red. The throat is of a yel- 

 lowish white. The belly and sides crossed with 

 narrow dusky and pale reddish brown lines. 

 The tail is crossed with dusky bars. 



Sylvia, salicaria. S. cinerea 



Faun. Suec. No. 24g. 12. Sedge 



subtus alba, superciliis albis. 



Brisson av. iii. 378. 



Lath. Ind. orn.5l6. id. Syn. 



La Fauvette de roseaux. Hist. 



iv. 430. id. Sup. i. 180. 



d'ois. v. 142. PI. Enl. 581. 



Avis consimilis Stoparolse et 



f. 2. 



Magnanimse. Rail Syn. av. 



Willow Lark, Br. Zool. Fol. 



81.6. 



Q5. plate 2. f. 4. ed. 1768 



Salicaria. Rati Syn. av. 81. 



ii. 241. 



11. 



Sedge Bird. Br. Zool. ed. 



Wil. orn. 217. 



1768. iv. 16. t. 10. Arct. 



Motacilla salicaria. Gm. Lin. 



Zool. ii. 1 16. 



955. 





J. HIS species is of a slender elegant form ; the Descrip- 

 bill black ; the head brown, marked with dusky 

 streaks ; over each eye is a line of pure white, 

 over that another of black ; the cheeks brown ; 

 the throat, breast, and belly white ; the two last 

 tinged with yellow ; the hind part of the neck and 

 back of a reddish brown ; the back spotted with 

 black ; the coverts of the tail tawny; those of the 



