RUSH WARBLEK. 



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The Sedge Warbler is found where there are 

 abundance of reeds and sedges, by the sides of 

 rivers and marshes: the nest is sometimes fastened 

 to two or three reeds, either on the ground or 

 some distance up ; it is also placed occasionally 

 on a short tuft of the same, or in a low bush, or 

 willow stump ; it is composed of moss and dried 

 stalks, lined with dried grass and a few hairs : the 

 eggs are five or six in number, of a light brown 

 colour, varied with darker shades : the young will 

 desert the nest if any one approaches it. The 

 note of this bird is so varied, that it has obtained 

 the name of the English Mock-bird, as during the 

 breeding season it is singing continually, and imi- 

 tating the song of the Skylark and Swallow, and 

 even the chatter of the Domestic Finch ; it also 

 sings during the night, and if silent, a stone 

 thrown into the bush where it is perched will 

 cause it to begin singing instantly. 



RUSH WARBLER. 



(Sylvia juncorum.) 



Sy. Jusca, subtus dilutior, caiida subfurcata. 

 Brown Warbler, beneath palest, with the tail slightly forked. 

 Sylvia juncorum. Lath. Ind. Orn. 2. 511. J4. 

 Motacilla juncorum. GmeL Si/st. Nat, I, Q52. 

 Passer Virginianus. Briss. Orn. 3. 101. 14. 

 Little brown Sparrow. Catesb. Carol, i. 35. 

 Rush Warbler. Peti. Arct. Zool. 2. 415. 323. — Lath. Gen. Stjn. 

 4. 420. 10. 



