25 



GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER. 



SylYia locustella, Meyer, British Birds, folio Ed., vol. i. (coloured 



plate of bird and egg) [1835-43] . 

 Salicaria locustella, Hewitson, British Oology, 1st Ed., vol. i, plate 



70, fig. 3 (egg) [1836]; id., Eggs of British Birds, 2nd Ed., 



vol. i, pp. 85-86, pi. 25, fig. 1 (egg), 1846 ; id. id., 3rd Ed., 



vol. i, pp. 112-114, pi. 31, fig. 1, 1856 ; Booth, Bough Notes, 



vol. ii, pp. 41-42, 1883. 

 Sibilatrix locustella, Macgillivray, British Birds, vol. ii, pp. 



399-404 (woodcut of head), 1839. 

 Locustella avicula, Gould, Birds of Great Britain, vol. ii, 2 pp, 



pi. 78 (coloured figures of adult male and female), 1866. 

 Acrocephalus naeYius, Yarrell, British Birds, 4th Ed., vol. i, edited 



by Newton, pp. 384-388 (woodcut), 1873. 

 Locustella neeYia, Dresser, Birds of Europe, vol. ii, pp. 611-616, pi. 



91 (coloured figures of adult male and young bird), 1874 ; 



Lilford, Coloured Figures, vol. iii, p. 44, pi. 22 (coloured 



figure of adult male), 1888 ; Saunders, Manual of British 



Birds, 2nd Ed., pp. 89-90 (woodcut), 1898. 

 Locustella locustella, Seebohm, British Birds, vol. i, pp. 340-345, 



pi. 10, fig. 19 (egg), 1883. 



Croatian, Trotenjara kobilicarka ; Czechisch, Bdkosnik zeleny ; Danish, 

 Busksanger ; Dutch, de Sprinkhaan-Bietzanger ; French, Bee-fin locus- 

 telle ; German, Heuschrecken-Bohr Sanger ; Hungarian, Beti tilcsohnaddr ; 

 Italian, Forapaglie macchiettato ; Norwegian, Grceshoppe- Sanger, Busk- 

 Sanger ; Polish, Trziniak sivierszezyk ; Kussian, Siuertschok ; Swedish, 

 Grdshopp sang are. 



DESCRIPTION OF THE PLUMAGE. 



Adult Male in Spring. — The upper parts are of a uniform 

 darkish red olive brown, each feather having a blackish brown 



