. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . has proposed the generic name of Salicaria, arein form, habits, manners, and song, very dissimilar fromthose that precede and follow them, and consequently forma distinct and remarkable little group. In their habits theyare strictly aquatic : the present species resides chiefly amongbogs, marshes, and ponds, while the two that follow aremostly found on the margin of rivers, among reeds and their song these birds are far less gifted than most otherfamilies of the warblers ; and are later in their time of arrivalthan any other
. Coloured illustrations of British birds, and their eggs . has proposed the generic name of Salicaria, arein form, habits, manners, and song, very dissimilar fromthose that precede and follow them, and consequently forma distinct and remarkable little group. In their habits theyare strictly aquatic : the present species resides chiefly amongbogs, marshes, and ponds, while the two that follow aremostly found on the margin of rivers, among reeds and their song these birds are far less gifted than most otherfamilies of the warblers ; and are later in their time of arrivalthan any other of our British small birds. The Grasshopper Warbler, rendered partially rare by itslocal distribution and retired habits, appears not to have beenmuch known to our earlier British writers on is not included, we believe, in the first editions of Bewick ;and Montagu speaks of himself as the first author who hasnoticed its nest. It is said, however, to have been describedand known in more remote times, and afterwards to havebeen -> v^ V_ , %ii \. \ v\ W PI. 61 GRASSHOPPER WARBLER. 81 This species is found in Sweden and Denmark, in thesouth of Russia and Siberia, in many parts of France andItaly, and also in Germany, Holland, and some parts ofSwitzerland. It is only to be met with in low, swampy, andwet situations; and, as far as our experience goes, it appearsto prefer standing to running water, as it does not, thatwe are aware of, frequent river-sides, but confines itself en-tirely to the vicinity of bogs, morasses, and similar situationsof a wet and springy nature. We have found it on DittonMarsh in Surrey, in a boggy enclosure overrun with long,coarse grass ; also in the unenclosed part of Claremont,near the black pond, we have heard its cry. On one occasionwe sought for it during a considerable time in the vicinityof this spot, which is eminently calculated to suit the peculiarhabits of the species. It was on a very hot day, in themiddle of sum
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