520 REED WARBLER. Class II. 



14. Reed. Sylvia arundinacea. S. supra Motacilla arundinacea. Gm. 

 olivaceo-fusca, subtus albi- Lin. QQ2. 



da, loris et orbitis fusco-al- Lesser Reed Sparrow. IVxl. 

 bescentibus, angulo carpi orn. 144.? Rail Syn. av. 



subtus luteo-fulvo, cauda sub- 47- ? 



cuneata fusca. Lath. Ind. Lightfoot in Ph. Trans, lxxv. 

 orn. 510. id. Syn. Sup. 184. 8. Tab. 1. 



Descrip- JlHE head, upper part of the body, and co- 



TION. . r . . 



verts of the wings of this species, are olive 

 brown ; the primaries and tail of the same co- 

 lor, but darker; from the bill to each eye is 

 a stripe of tawny white feathers ; the chin white; 

 the breast and belly white, shaded with tawny; 

 the tail slightly cuneated. The size nearly equal 

 to that of the sedge warbler. 



It was discovered by Mr. Lightfoot, on the 

 banks of the Colne, near Uxbridge, where it 

 Nest. makes its nest externally with dry stalks, lined 

 with the tufts of the common reed, mixed with 

 a few hairs. It usually is suspended between 

 three or four reeds ; sometimes to the branches 

 of the water dock. This bird lays commonly 

 four eggs of a dirty white, stained with dull 

 olive-colored spots. The note of this species is 

 simple and plaintive. 



[Mr. Montagu has found this species along 

 the coasts of Kent and Sussex, from Sandwich 

 to Arundel, amongst the reedy pools and ditches, 



