WARBLER. 19 



11— MARSH WARBLER. 



Sylvia palustris, Tern. Man. Ed. ii. p. 192. Bechst. Natur. Deut. iii. 639. t. 26. 



LENGTH full five inches. Bill broad at the base, and rather 

 flattened, under mandible yellowish ; plumage above greenish olive 

 brown; wings brown, edged with ash-eolour; from the base of the 

 bill, over the eye, a narrow, yellowish white stripe ; the under parts 

 exactly the same as in the Reed Wren, but rather paler. 



Inhabits moist places, and the banks of the rivers, where willows 

 grow, never among reeds ; found on the Po, and the Danube ; also 

 in Switzerland, and some parts of Germany ; makes a roundish nest 

 on the earth, among the roots of the willows, and other bushes; lays 

 four or five eggs, light ash-colour, with deeper and paler spots of 

 bluish ash. M. Temminck assures us, that it is a distinct Species, but 

 it appears to be very like the Reed Wren. 



12— CETTI'S WARBLER. 



Sylvia Cetti, Marmora, Tern. Man. Ed.n. 194. 

 Bouscarle de Provence, PI. enl. 655. 2. 

 Usignuolo di Sardegna, Celt. Uc. Sard. p. 216. 



LENGTH five inches. Bill narrow, slender, compressed at the 

 tip, pale brown ; plumage above rufous brown ; sides of the neck, 

 body, thighs, and belly the same, but paler ; between the bill and 

 eye a cinereous streak ; throat, neck before, and middle of the belly 

 white ; upper tail coverts rufous, with whitish tips ; tail broad, the 

 ends of the feathers rounded ; legs pale brown. 



Inhabits Sardinia, and other Southern parts of Europe ; said to be 

 found also in England; but, according to M. Temminck, has 

 been generally confounded with the Reed Wren ; it continues in 

 Sardinia throughout the year, and has a melodious song. 



D 2 



