BOGRUSH WARBLER. 



583 



served in most of the southern counties, even to 

 Devonshire : it is most abundant in Lincolnshire: 

 according to Bewick, it occurs in Northumber- 

 land. 



BOGRUSH WARBLER. 



(Sylvia Schoenobaenus.) 



Sy. testaceo-Jiiscaj suhtus pallide testacea capite maculato. 

 Testaceous-brown Warbler, beneath pale testaceous, the head 

 spotted. 



Sylvia SchoenobjEnus. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 510. 10. — Scop.Anru 

 I. 235. 



Sylvia aquatica. Lath, Ind. Orn. 510. 11. var. 



Motacilla Schoenobj3enus. Lin. Si/st. Nat, I, 32g. 4. — Lin. 



Faun, Suec, 246. — Gmel. Si/st. Nat. 1. 953. 

 Motacilla aquatica. Gmel. St/st. Nat. 1. 953. var. 

 Curruca sylvestris seu Lusciniola. Briss. Orn. 3. 393. 11. 

 Fauvette des bois ou Roussette. Buff. Hist. Nat. Ois, 5. 139. 

 Aquatic Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn, 4. 419. 8. var. 

 Reed Warbler. Lath. Gen. Syn. 4. 418. 7. 

 Bogrush Warbler. Pen. Arct, Zool. 2. 419. l. 



Size of Sylvia Hippolais : the beak dusky : the 

 whole of the feathers on the upper parts of the 

 body brown, edged with rufous ; quills the same : 

 the under parts of the plumage incline to rufous : 

 the tail is entirely brown : the legs are whitish. 



The nest of this bird, which inhabits France, 

 Italy, and Sweden, is composed of moss and wool, 

 and lined with the latter : the eggs are plain sky- 



