18 WARBLER. 



We find a bird, of the name of Reed Warbler, in Levvin's figures 

 of the birds of New-Holland ; this is said to be one inch longer than 

 ours, but as to colour it is very similar : the tail, too, is in shape the 

 same. The account of it mentions, that it is frequent about Para- 

 metta, in su miner, on the banks of rivers and ponds, and feeds, and 

 builds somewhat in the manner of the English Nightingale ; that it 

 comes in September, and disappears in April. 



10— BOG-RUSH WARBLER. 



Sylvia Schoenobanus, Ind. Orn. ii. 510. 



Motacilla Schoenobanus, Lin. i. 329. Faun. suec. No. 246. Gm. Lin. i. 953. Faun. 



arab. p. 6. 17. Faun. arag. p. 81. 

 Accentor modularis, Tern. Man. p. 121. Id. Ed. ii. p. 250 ? 

 Curruca sylyestris, seu Lusciniola, Bris.m. 393. Id. 8vo. i. 419. Raii, 80. 1. Will. 



p. 171. 

 Motacilla Ivica, Hasselq. Ii. 286. 50. 

 Fauvette de Bois, ou la Roussette, Buf. v. 139. 

 Usignuolo di Fiume, Cett. Uc. Sard. 216 ? 



Bog-rush Warbler, Arct. Zool.'u. 419. L. Shaw's Zool. x. 533. 

 Reed Warbler, Gen. Syn. iv. 418. Hasselq. Voy. 206. 50. 



SIZE of the Pettichaps. Bill blackish ; feathers of the head, 

 and all above brown, bordered with rufous; beneath inclined to 

 rufous ; quills brown, with rufous margins ; tail wholly brown ; the 

 legs whitish. 



Inhabits France and Italy, and as far North as Sweden ; whether 

 it removes at any time from the last is not said, but it is certain, that 

 it passes the winter in France, changing place like the Whinchat ; 

 makes a nest in the woods, of moss and wool, and lays four or five 

 sky-blue eggs. The young are easily brought up, and the bird in 

 general very tame and familiar; its song is not unpleasant, and in 

 addition, it sings in the winter season. M. Temminck unites thjs 

 with the Hedge Sparrow. 



