588 REED WARBLER. 



The Rush Warbler is less than S. modularis : 

 it is scarcely five inches in length : the prevailing 

 colour of its plumage is brown, with the under 

 parts palest : the tail is greatly forked : the beak 

 and legs are brown. It is common near habita- 

 tions in Virginia and Carolina, and feeds upon 

 insects. 



HEED WARBLER. 



(Sylvia arundinacea.) 



Sy. supra olimceo-fusca subtus albida, loris et orbitis fusco-atbes- 

 centibus, angulo carpi subtus luteo^ulva, cauda subcuneata 

 Jusca. 



Warbler above olive-brown, beneath whitish, with the lores and 

 orbits brownish-white ; the angle of the wings brownish-yel- 

 low beneath j the tail slightly wedged and brown. 



Sylvia arundinacea. hath. Ind. Orn. 2. 510. 12. 



Motacilla arundinacea. Lightfoot. Phil, Trans, Ixxv. p, 8. — 

 GmeL Syst. Nat, 1. 992. 



Lesser Fauvette. Betvick, Brit. Birds. 1. 212. 



Reed Wren. Phil. Trans, Ixxv. p, 8. pi. 1. — Lath. Syu. Sup. 

 184. — Lemn, Brit, Birds. 3. pL 114. — Mont, Orn, Diet. 2. — 

 Mont. Sup, 



The Reed Warbler is scarcely five inches and 

 a half in length : its beak is broad at the base 5 

 it is dusky above and yellowish beneath : irides 

 hazel : the upper parts of the plumage are plain 

 olive-brown : from the beak to the eye is an ob- 

 scure lightish streak; the eyelids are also light. 



