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REED WARBLER. 
(PI. XVIII.) 
LENGTH 
Six inches and half; bill four-eighths and half; upper mandible brown, under oker ; 
eye brown ; lashes pale yellow, and from base of bill to eye the same; forehead, 
crown, and neck, greyish brown ; cheeks brown; back sandy brown; rump oker ; 
tail-coverts brown ; tail dark brown, edged with lighter, and cuneiform ; wings 
brown; primaries and secondaries edged with oker ; chin and throat a dull white ; 
breast, belly, and vent, oker ; legs and claws the same. 
FEMALE 
The same, but less bright in plumage. 
INHABITS 
The neighbourhood of Paramatta in summer ; frequents banks of the river and ponds; 
feeds and builds among the reeds. The male has a melodious song, somewhat like 
the English nightingale. Disappears about April, and returns in September. 
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