SAVI’S WARBLER. 73 
The note is described as somewhat resembling the sound 
made by a spinning-wheel: it is generally uttered from the 
top of some reed on which the bird perches. 
The nest, which is placed on the ground, is formed of the 
leaves of the reed, wound round and interlaced, but without 
any other lining. 
The eggs are of a whitish colour, minutely speckled nearly 
all over with pale red and light grey, in some the red, 
and in others the grey predominating. | 
Male; length, five inches and a half; bill, brown; head, 
crown, neck on the back, and nape, reddish brown; chin 
and throat, almost white; breast, pale reddish brown. ‘Tail, 
reddish brown, indistinctly barred with darker narrow bands; 
legs, toes, and claws, pale brown. 
