SONG BIRDS OF GREAT BRITAIN. 



Their notes are similar ; and we have found (says 

 Montagu) both species all along the coasts of Kent 

 and Sussex, from Sandwich to Arundel, amongst 

 the reedy pools and ditches, especially on Romney 

 Marsh : but in Wiltshire and Somersetshire, where 

 the Sedge Warbler is found in abundance, through- 

 out the banks of the Avon not a single Reed 

 Warbler is to be found. 



This bird (says Mr. Mudie) rarely if ever 

 perches on the top of the reeds, even on its first 

 arrival ; and when the song of invitation to a mate 

 is given, its place is on a leaning stem, though 

 upon emergency it can cling to an upright one, 

 the stiff feathers of the tail acting as a sort of prop. 

 Its food, he says, is found wholly over the stagnant 

 waters. 



