. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. THE GREAT REED-WARBLER. AcROCEPHALUS TURDOiDES (Meyer). The Great Reed-Warbler is another migratory species which, like the Icterine Warbler, is so common on the Continent that it is a marvel its visits to our shores are so few and far between. It is not a bird likely to escape notice : on the contrary, its powerful chattering song and large size would at any time attract attention ; yet the fact remains that it has been very rarely obtained in England. The first on record was obtained near Newcastle on May 28th 1847 by Thos. Robson
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. THE GREAT REED-WARBLER. AcROCEPHALUS TURDOiDES (Meyer). The Great Reed-Warbler is another migratory species which, like the Icterine Warbler, is so common on the Continent that it is a marvel its visits to our shores are so few and far between. It is not a bird likely to escape notice : on the contrary, its powerful chattering song and large size would at any time attract attention ; yet the fact remains that it has been very rarely obtained in England. The first on record was obtained near Newcastle on May 28th 1847 by Thos. Robson (afterwards well known as a collector at Ortakoi, near Constantinople); three are stated—though on the authority of a dealer whose traffic with Holland was notorious—to have been obtained in Essex and Kent about 1853 ; Mr. Goodchild informs me that an example shot near Sittingbourne is in the collection of Mr. G. Thomas ; Mr. W. O. Hammond shot one near Wingham, Kent, on September 14th 1881 ; and one was obtained near Ringwood, Hampshire, on June 3rd 1884. Statements as to the finding of eggs supposed to belong to the bird are not wanting, but none of them are authenticated. In Yarrell's ' British Birds,' until the 4th Edition, this species was called the Thrush-like H 2. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Saunders, Howard, 1835-1907. London, Gurney and Jackson
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