. 238 ALLEN’S NATURALIST’S LIBRARY. 
ing, when it ascends to the top of a reed or bush to utter its 
monotonous song, which is often to be heard in the twilight 
ent rek e marshv d o a r rl T SS Set II ^ no ®eans afffcts 
entirely marshy or even swampy places, though the fens of 
Cambridgeshire are still one of the strongholds of the species in 
ng and , but it is often found in shady plantations or frequent- 
ing hedgerows. The flight is uncertain and dipping the bird 
Sbf T tall A Pr l ad and depreSSed ’ and dropping suddenly 
into the densest herbage, where it creeps away like a Mouse 
Nes ‘-T? n ll , le ground or close to it, and occasionally an 
preached by a kind of “run,” or “creep,” as Lord I.ilfon/ca/ls 
it, but it is as often situated in a clump of grass or at the 
bottom of a hedgerow, and is by no means invariably well 
concealed, though as a rule, it is very difficult to find Unless 
its site is betrayed by the flight of the hen-bird from the nest In 
Somersetshire, the nest, so Mr. Robert Read tells us, is found 
among St clover and vetches, and one nest in his collection was 
buil m a large stalk of cow-parsnip. He has also found it in 
Co"mo"wh! > t «h“r ,>aSh ' S " “ «>= 
Egga.-From four to seven. Pinkish in general appearance 
sprinkled all over with dots of reddish-brown, and varyin " fo 
shape from round to long ovals. The grey underlying mirk 
mgs consist of dots which are sprinkled in exactly the Tam e 
manner as the overlying ones. Occasionally the effect is very 
daik, the eggs appearing nearly uniform pinkish-brown, while 
others are very light, showing the white ground very distinct 
and having the spots collected round the larger end so as to 
form a ring. Axis, o-6 S -o'8 inch ; diam. 
SAVI’S WARBLER. LOCUSTELLA LUSCINIOIDES. 
S y lviafascmmd e s, Savi, Nuovo Giorn. de Letterati, vii., p. 34I , 
Acrocephalus luscinioides, Newt. ed. Yarn, i., p . ->8 0 fiSvAl 
Locustella luscinioides, Dresser, R. Eur. i n 627 nl n, 
(. 875)1 S«b.. Cat B. Brit. Mas., V., p. P .’„ ti 
?o„ B { '•> P- 346 (1883); B. O. U. List Br. B., p’ 2I 
S3 °. r 88 9 ^° Kg ' Br ' B " Pt ' “• <' 8S6 )I 
