AQUATTC WARBT.ER. 81 



Tfie Aquatic Warbler has a somewhat limited range. 

 It is only known with certainty to breed in Germany 

 and Holland. According to Teniminck it is only an 

 accidental visitor in the latter country, but Mtihle gives 

 this as one of its breeding places. It is plentiful in 

 Italy and the south of France during the passage. It 

 is found in Switzerland and Sardinia, on the banks of 

 the Var and Rhone, and in the marshes surrounding 

 Aries. It is also found at Dieppe, and in the marshes 

 about Lille. It occurs in Algeria, as stated by 

 Captain Loche; and Mr, Salvin, in his "Five Months* 

 Bird-nesting in the Eastern Atlas," in the "Ibis" for 

 July, 1859, says, "At the head of the little marsh of 

 Am Djendeli, I more than once observed a pair of 

 this Warbler. We afterwards found it more abundant 

 at Zana, where it was breeding. In its habits it much 

 resembles the Common Reed Warbler, ( C. anmdinacea ; J 

 the eggs also are similar." 



"It is really plentiful nowhere," says Count Miihle, 

 "and it dwells preferably in large wild swamps. In 

 sammer it need only be sought for where the water 

 is cooped up almost knee-deep, with ditches and dry 

 necks of land running into it, and covered with bushes, 

 high grass, rushes, and reeds. In autumn it may be 

 found in more cultivated ground." 



"It is a very restless and lively bird, and also crafty 

 and cunning. It creeps with great agility through the 

 twigs and stalks of the thick swampy plants, in which 

 it excels all other Reed Warblers. It may be seen 

 gliding along near the ground, like a mouse j it never 

 hops on the ground, but goes along step by step. On 

 the stalks and perpendicular stems of plants it may be 

 seen running up and down with such agility that it 

 seems to slide along without using its feet at all. Its 



