GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. FAL 
to yellow; it is thin, and much compressed from the middle 
to the tip, the upper one notched: the corners of the mouth 
are reddish yellow; iris, brown. Head on the crown, neck 
on the back, and nape, olive brown, the centres of the feathers 
darker, giving 1t a spotted Appearance; chin, yellowish white; 
throat and breast, very pale yellowish brown, with an olive 
tint on the sides, spotted with darker brown; back, olive 
brown, mottled by the edges of the feathers being lighter 
than the centre: the upper part of it is the darkest. 
The wings, which are very short, extending to the width 
of seven inches and a half, and reaching only a very little 
beyond the base of the tail, have the first feather very short, 
the second longer than the fifth, but shorter than the fourth, 
the third the longest; primaries, secondaries, and tertiaries, 
dark dusky brown, edged with reddish brown; underneath, 
their shafts are white and glossy; greater and lesser under 
wing coverts, light yellowish grey. The tail, which is long 
and of the ‘cuneiform character,’ extending an inch and a 
half beyond the wings, is brown marked in some lights with 
numerous obscure transverse bands: the feathers are edged 
with reddish brown, and are very suft and broad; under tail 
coverts, pale brown, streaked along the centre of each feather 
with darker brown. Leys, strong, and as the toes and claws, 
pale brownish yellow, lighter in autumn, the latter thin and 
narrow, but hooked and strong, their tips dusky. 
With the advance of summer, owing to the abrasion of 
the feathers, the upper parts of the plumage become of a 
greyish brown colour, and of the lower parts paler. 
The female resembles the male, but the dusky lines on 
the fore part of the neck are wanting. Breast, uniform pale 
yellowish brown colour. 
Young; upper bill, light brown; the lower, dull yellow. 
Head, crown, neck on the, back, and nape, light yellowish 
brown, spotted with dusky; throat, pale brownish yellow; 
breast, brownish yellow, tinged on the sides with brown; 
back, light yellowish brown, spotted with dusky. Primaries, 
secondaries, and tertiaries, dusky; edged with light yellowish 
brown; greater and lesser under wing coverts, yellowish grey. 
Tail, dusky, the feathers edged with light yellowish brown; 
under tail coverts, yellowish grey, with a faint dusky streak 
along the middle. Legs and toes, greyish yellow. 
