Sylvia Phragmitis, BECHSTEIN; S. salicaria, LATHAM; Le Bec-fin
Phragmite, TEMMINCK; Der Schilsänger, MEYER.
The weight of this species is about three drachms; length five inches
and a half; bill dusky above, whitish beneath; irides hazel; crown of
the head and whole upper parts of a yellowish brown, plain on the back
and sides of the neck, rump, and upper tail-coverts; tail like the
quills a little cuneiform, which, when spread, gives it a rounded shape;
legs dusky.