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which it has been reckoned by all authors before Mr. Pennant
*.
This defcription is drawn from a fpecimen in the Lcverian
Mitfeum. It does-not feem to be a common bird, as the above
is the only one which has come under our infpedtion. Mr.
Pennant fays, that it is a very artful bird, and fkulks in the
thicked part of the hedges, fo as to be forced out from thence
with great difficulty. Its note fo like that of a Grafslopper, as
to be midaken for it.
-f- SEDGE W Motacilla falicaria, Lin. Syjt. i. p. 330. N° 8.
La Fauvette de rofeaux, Rtif. orn. iii. p. 378. N° 3._Buf. oif. v. p. 142.—
PI. enl. 581. 2.
Avis confimilis ftoparohe, & magnaninae, Rati Sjn. Si. 6.
Salic aria, Id» 81. 11.— IVill. orn. p. 21,7..
Lefler Reed Sparrow, Id. p. 144.
Sedge Bird, Albin. iii. pi. So.—Rr. Zool. i. N° i j j .—ArR. Zool,
Lev. Mu/.
Description.' g I Z E o f the Blackcap, but more (lender. The bill is black i
the head brown, marked with dulky ftreaks : cheeks brown :
over each eye a white line, and above that a black one : the upper
parts of the neck and back reddifh brown, the lad marked with
black: wing coverts and quills dufky, the firft edged with pale
brown : the under parts are white, but the breaft and belly have
a yellow tinge: the tail is brown, and much rounded; its coverts
are tawny : the legs are duiky,
* It has alio hitherto been figured with an even tail J but if the bird of other
authors has an even tail, it muil be another fpecies: the hind claw of their
figure is likewife tod ftrait.
This bird is common in England, and frequents places where
reeds and fedges grow, among which it is faid to make the ned,
though it has been known to do this on the lowed branches of
trees *. The ned is compofed of draw and dried fibres of
plants, lined with hair. The eggs five in number, of a dirty
white, marbled with brown.
It is obferved to imitate th'e note of the Swallow, Sky-lark,
Houfe Sparrow, and other birds, in a pleafing but hurrying manner,
and fings all night f . Whether it leaves us in the winter is
not quite certain-
La Fauvette roufle, Erif, orn. iii. p. 387. N° 8.—Buf. oif. v. p. 146.—
PI. enl. 581. 1.
Kleinile gras-mucke, Fri/cb. t. 24.
8T* H IS is lefs than the lad, being not four inches three
”*■ quarters in length J. The bill is grey brown : the upper
parts of the body are rufous grey : under parts pale rufous || :
on each fide of the head a longitudinal dreak of the fame, beneath
the eyes: quills rufous grey, edged with pale rufous : tail the
fame § : legs brown.
This bird is not feen in England; but in France and Germany it
frequents gardens, making the ned in fome low buffi or plant,
lined with hair. It lays five eggs, which are of a greeniffi
white, fpotted with a dark colour.
* Hifi. dee oij. t Br. Zool. 1 In the PI. enl. it is at leaft five inches three quarters.
U .Sometimes white.
§ In t' e PI. enl. the outer tail feather is white, and the next to it tipped
with white: the legs yellow. I fufpeft this not to be the bird above-defcribed,
though quoted by Bujfon.
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Manners.
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D escription.
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