. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. SYLVIIN^. 85. THE SEDGE-WARBLER. AcROCEPHALUS PHRAGMiTis (Bechstcin). The Sedge-Warbler or Sedge-bird arrives in our islands during the latter half of April, and from that time it is the most abundant and generally distributed member of the genus until the latter part of September ; while occasionally examples have been observed late in October and even in winter. It breeds throughout the mainland of Great Britain, although somewhat locally in the extreme north, and exceptionally in the Isle of Skye; while it occurs in Barra, Outer Hebrides ; br
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. SYLVIIN^. 85. THE SEDGE-WARBLER. AcROCEPHALUS PHRAGMiTis (Bechstcin). The Sedge-Warbler or Sedge-bird arrives in our islands during the latter half of April, and from that time it is the most abundant and generally distributed member of the genus until the latter part of September ; while occasionally examples have been observed late in October and even in winter. It breeds throughout the mainland of Great Britain, although somewhat locally in the extreme north, and exceptionally in the Isle of Skye; while it occurs in Barra, Outer Hebrides ; breeds increasingly in the Orkneys ; but is not yet recorded from the Shetlands. To Ireland it is a regular and widely- distributed visitor in summer, and is frequently killed by striking against the lighthouses. In Norway the Sedge-Warbler is found as far north as lat. 70°; and eastward, it can be traced across Sweden, North Russia, and Siberia to lat. 67" in the valley of the Yenesei. Southward, its breeding-range extends to the Altai, Western Turkestan, Palestine, Greece, and the central part of Italy; but in Sicily and the southern part of the Mediterranean basin westward to Spain it is principally known as a migrant. In the latter country I obtained examples in spring and autumn, and, although not found breeding, 1 have adults shot at Malaga on July 25th. Throughout the rest of Europe this species is tolerably abundant in suitable situations, especially in. 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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