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BRITISH BIRDS, 
THE GRASSHOPPER WARBLER, 
MONTAGU ; 
OR THE GRASSHOPPER LARK, — PENNANT® 
(Sylvia Locustella , — Fauvette Tachetee , Buff.) 
This bird is between five and six inches in length, 
and of a slender form. Its tail is of a coniform shape, 
rather long, as well as its legs ; and its wings short, 
reaching very little beyond the base of the tail. The 
irides are hazel ; upper mandible dusky, the under one 
yellowish white towards the base : a brown streak pass- 
es from the bill to the eye, and a white one above it ; 
the crown of the head, hinder part of the neck, should- 
ers, and upper part of the back are brown, with a 
slight tinge of olive, and the middle of each feather 
dusky ; the wings are nearly of the same colour, the 
feathers being dark in the middle and edged with pale 
brown ; the lov/er part of the back, upper tail coverts. 
