. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. SYLVIIN/1E. 8g. THE GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER. LocusT^LLA Nj4via (Boddaert). This Warbler owes its trivial name to a rapid trilling song, which somewhat resembles the chirping of the grasshopper or the mole- cricket; but in many parts of England it is also known as the ' Reeler,' from a fancied similarity to the noise of the old-fashioned implement used by wool-spinners, or of the running-out of the line on a fisherman's reel. The bird arrives from the south about the second half of April, departing in September; and between those months it is of tole
. An illustrated manual of British birds. Birds. SYLVIIN/1E. 8g. THE GRASSHOPPER-WARBLER. LocusT^LLA Nj4via (Boddaert). This Warbler owes its trivial name to a rapid trilling song, which somewhat resembles the chirping of the grasshopper or the mole- cricket; but in many parts of England it is also known as the ' Reeler,' from a fancied similarity to the noise of the old-fashioned implement used by wool-spinners, or of the running-out of the line on a fisherman's reel. The bird arrives from the south about the second half of April, departing in September; and between those months it is of tolerably general distribution in suitable localities throughout England and Wales; being often supposed to be rarer than is really the case, owing to its skulking habits. Fens and partially reclaimed land are favourite situations, but heaths, commons, and tangled hedge-rows are also frequented, while the moist shoulders or ' dips,' near the summits of some of our highest hills, such as the Cheviots, are situations to which it seems to be partial; in fact Northumberland and Durham are two of the counties in which it is abundant in some summers. In Scotland we trace it, in gradually diminishing numbers, as far as Arisaig, below the Sound of Sleat, and, across that water, to the Isle of Skye. It is found almost all over Ireland. The Grasshopper-Warbler is only a rare visitor to Heligoland, and is hardly known to cross the Baltic, but in Russia it is found as far north as St. Petersburg. Over the greater part of Europe it seems to be generally distributed, although seldom common; but it. 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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