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z^e. Acrocephalus strcpcrns. (Vieill. Nouv. Diet, xi., p. 182.) Reed 

 Warbler. 



The Reed Warbler returns about the beginning of March, and is 

 common in all suitable localities. 



This bird ranges through all Europe, excepting North Scandinavia 

 and North Russia. It seems to be a permanent resident in North Africa ; 

 I have found it breeding in Algeria. In Egypt, Nubia, and Arabia it 

 occurs on passage, and extends eastward to Persia, Baluchistan, and 

 Turkestan. 



57. AcroccpJialus palnstris. Bechst. Orn. Tasch. i., p. 186. Marsh 

 Warbler. 



The Marsh Warbler is scarce in Palestine, but may easily escape 

 observation. It inhabits Continental Europe from Holland southward, 

 and winters in Africa, where it goes as far south as Natal. Eastward it 

 has been found in Persia. 



58. Acrocephalus arundinaccns (Linn. Syst. Nat. i., p. 296) = tiir- 

 doidcs. (Meyer. Vog. Liv. and Esthl., p. 116). Great Reed Warbler. 



The Great Reed Warbler returns to Palestine about the beginning of 

 March, and may generally be found where the reed-beds are of sufficient 

 extent, there often being several pairs in the same swamp. 



It extends throughout Central and Southern Europe, but not further 

 east in Asia than the Caucasus, Syria, and Western Turkestan. Else- 

 where it is replaced by A. orieniaiis, an allied and slightly smaller 

 species. 



59. Acrocephalus stentornts. (Hemp, and Ehr. Symb. Phys. Aves, 

 fol. bb.) Stentorian Reed Warbler. 



This bird I have only observed in the marshes of the Huleh, where its 

 unmistakable and discordant note, or rather scream, may often be heard 

 from the wholly inaccessible papyrus swamps. 



The Stentorian Warbler has a wide Eastern range from the Nile to 

 Turkestan, India, Ceylon, and Java. 



