. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . S2(> BRITISH - THE REED FAUVETTE. SEDGE BIRD.(MotaciUa Salicanai Lin.—Le Fauvette de rofeaux, BufF.) This elegant little bird is about the size of the Black-cap. Its bill is dusky •, eyes hazel •, the crown of thehead and back are brown, marked with dusky streaks ;the rump tawny i the cheeks are brown ; over each eyethere is a light streak •, the wing coverts are dusky, edgedwith pale brown, as are also the quills and tail; thethroat, breast, and belly are white, the latter tinged withyellow •, the thighs are yellow : leg
. A history of British birds : the figures engraved on wood . S2(> BRITISH - THE REED FAUVETTE. SEDGE BIRD.(MotaciUa Salicanai Lin.—Le Fauvette de rofeaux, BufF.) This elegant little bird is about the size of the Black-cap. Its bill is dusky •, eyes hazel •, the crown of thehead and back are brown, marked with dusky streaks ;the rump tawny i the cheeks are brown ; over each eyethere is a light streak •, the wing coverts are dusky, edgedwith pale brown, as are also the quills and tail; thethroat, breast, and belly are white, the latter tinged withyellow •, the thighs are yellow : legs dusky ; the hinderclaws are long and much bent. This bird is found in places where reeds and sedgesgrow, and builds its nest there, which is made of driedgrass, and tender fibres of plants, lined with hair, andusually contains five eggs, of a dirty white, mottled withbrown j it likewise frequents the sides of rivers andponds, where there is covert: it sings incessantly nightand day, during the breeding time, imitating by turnsthe notes of the Sparrow, the Swallow, the
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