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REED: SPARROW. ClafsIT. 



III. The REED-SPARROW. 



Schceniclus. Gefner a<v. 573, 



652. 

 Wil. 07-n. 269. 

 Raiifyn. av. 93. 

 The Nettle - monger. Morion. 



Nortbampt. 428. 

 Ror-Spurv. Brunich. 25 x . 

 L'Ortulan de Rofeaux, Hortula- 



nus arundinaceus. Briffbn a<-v\ 



iii. 274. 

 Fringilla fchosniclus. Lin. J)jl» 



311. 

 Saf-fparf. Faun. Suec.fp. 231. 

 Rohrammering, Meerfpatz. 



Kram. 37 1. 

 Br. Zool. i iz. plate W. 



Pefcr. 



9 § ^HE reed fparrow inhabites marfhy places, 

 mofi commonly among reeds ; from which 

 it takes its name. Its neft is worthy notice for the 

 artful contrivance of it, being fattened to four reeds, 

 and fufpended by them like a hammock, about three 

 feet above the water ; the cavity of the neft is deep, 

 but narrow, and the materials are decayed rufhes, fine 

 bents and hairs ; it lays four or five eggs, of a bluifh 

 white, marked with irregular purplifh veins, efpe- 

 cially on the larger end. It is a bird much admired 

 for its fong, and like the nightingale it fings in the 

 night. 



In the male, the head, chin and throat are black : 

 at each corner of the mouth commences a white ring, 

 which encircles the head. The whole under fide of 

 the body is white. The back, coverts of the wings, 

 and the fcapular feathers are black, deeply bordered 

 with red. The two middle feathers of the tail are 

 of the fame colors ; the three next black. The ex- 

 terior web, and part of the interior of the outmoft 



feather 



