reed warbler
a small Old World warbler, Acrocephalus scirpaceus, inhabiting marshy places.
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The song of the reed warbler is loudest and at its best during the evening twilight.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. JohnsThere are five to seven eggs, whiter in ground colour than those of the reed warbler.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. JohnsIt nests in drier places than the reed warbler and its song is different, being much more melodious, and uttered more boldly.
British Birds in their Haunts | Rev. C. A. JohnsSedge′-hen, a marsh-hen; Sedge′-war′bler, a reed-warbler, the sedge-wren.
The nests in which the eggs of cuckoos are most frequently found are those of the meadow-pipit, hedge-sparrow, and reed-warbler.
Poachers and Poaching | John Watson
British Dictionary definitions for reed warbler
any of various common Old World warblers of the genus Acrocephalus, esp A. scirpaceus, that inhabit marshy regions and have a brown plumage
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