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in the winter. On the 29th I went out on purpose to shoot 

 some, but though three were seen, their skulking habits 

 rendered it impossible to get them. I have nothing to add 

 to the admirable account given by Captain Shelley, beyond 

 confirming the accuracy of his observations. 



■^80. Reed Warbler, Acroccphalus strepcms (Vieillot) ; 

 Salicaria anindinacca. 



On the 31st of March I shot two in a barley field at 

 Silsilis, and the following week I saw a few more. We 

 found it again in June among the reeds at Lake Faioum. 



81. Savi's Warbler, Acroccphalus luscinoidcs (Savi). 



Single ones were seen between Siout and Girgeh in the 

 luxuriant corn fields, but none were got. Captain Shelley's 

 account of their habits agrees exactly with my observations. 

 He only brought home one specimen (Ibis, 1871, p. 132). 



^2. Sedge Warbler, Acroccphalus scJioenobcenus (Linn.) ; 

 Salicaria pJiragniitis (Bech.). 



A few seen in the barley fields at Silsilis the first week in 

 April, and others in ditches at Minieh the beginning of 

 May. I did not shoot any there, but I brought home one 

 example from Damietta. It is decidedly greyer than 

 British ones, but this may be owing to winter plumage. 



83. MOUSTACHED Warbler, Acroccphalus melanopogon 



(Tem.). 



I shot two or three at Damietta in the winter. It was 

 met with nowhere else. 



