92 TUEDIDiE. 



4-c. Brit. Mus. p. 23 (1816), ajnid Furster, Syn. Cat. Br. B. p. 53 



(1817). 

 ? Svlvia schoenobseims {Linn.), Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 510 (1790). 

 Svivia phrag-mitis, Bech^t. Orn. Tuschenb. p. 186 (1802); Wolf, 

 ' Taschenh. i. p. 234 (1810; ; Temm. 3Ian. dOni. i. p. 189 (1820) ; 



Nauni. Voq. Deutschl. iii. p. 648 (1823) ; Menetr. Cat. Eais. Cauc. 



p. 33 (1832) ; Jemj7is, Man. Brit. Vertebr. p. 106 (1835) ; Eversm. 



Add. Pall. Zongr. Rosso-Asiat. p. 23 (183oj; Tem7n. Man. d.Orn. 



iii. p. 115 (li'?35); Crespon, Orn, Gard. p. 114 (1«40) ; Nordm. 



Deiind. Vol/. Iiu.is. tneiid. iii. p. 145 (1840) ; Werner, Atlas, Insectiv. 



pi. 29 (1842): Kjai-b. Damn. Fugle, p. 16« (.1852); Fallon, Ois. 



Belg. p. 48 (1875). 

 Aciocephalus pbragmitis (Bec/ist.),]Vaiim. Nat. Land- u. Wass.-Vog. 



nordl. Deutschl., Nuchtr. iv. p. 202 (Itill). 

 Muspipeta phragmitis {Bechst.), Koch, SSyst. baier. Zool. i. p. 163 



(lyl6). 



Svlvia stlioenobMenus {Linn.), Vieill. Fauna Franq. i. p. 224 (1820) ; 



' Boux, Orn. Rov. i. p. 352 (1825); Sundev. So. Foyl. p. G9(1856). 



Calamoherpe pliragmitis (Bechst.), Boie, Lfis, lt22, p. 552 ; Biehm, 



Vog. Deutschl. p. 449 (lt31); MacgiU. Br. B. ii. p. fc90 (1839) ; 



Seli/s-Longch. Faun. Belg. p. 101 (1842) ; *S'e/(/. Vog. JSederl. 



p. 145 (lc54). 

 Curruca salicaria (Liiui.), apvd Fleming, Brit. An. p. 69 (1828). 

 Calamodus phragniitis {Bechst.), Kaiqj, Niitiirl. Syst. p. 117 (lb29). 

 Calamnherpe Iritici, Brehni, Vog. Deutschl. p. 449 (lt31). 

 Calamoherpe sohoenoba?nus [Linn.), Brehm, loc. cit. p. 450 (1831). 

 Salicaria phragmiiis (i)tt7?ii.), Se/bi/, Brit. Orn. i. p. 201 (1833); 



Gould, B. Fur. ii. pi. 110 (1837); Keys. v. Bias. Wib. Fur. 



pp. bv, 182 (1840); Hihl. Rev. Crit. p. xxviii (lt44); Tkowps. 



B. Lei. i. p. ItO (1849) ; Linderm. Vog. Griecherd. p. 92 (1860) ; 



Hurting, Handb. Br. B. p. 14 (1872). 

 Calaniodvtit pbiagniiti^ (Bechst. ), Bp. Comp. List B. Fur. ^- N. Amer. 



p. 12 (is3«) ; Jaub. et Barth.-Lapomm. Rich. Orn. p. 253 (1859) ; 



JS'etct. List B. Fur. Bias. us, Tp. 11 (lb62) ; Dec/l. et Gerhe, Or-n. 



Eur. i. p. 533 (1867) ; Lache, Expl. Sci. Alger., Ois. p. 262 ( 1867) ; 



Doderl. Avif. >Sicil. p. 12c> (18C9) ; Droste, Vogelw. Boikum, p. 100 



(1869); Fritsch, Vog. Fur. p. 155 (1870); Halrad. Faun. Ital. 



Ucc. p. 115 (1871); Gould, B. Gt. Br. ii. pi. L\xv. (1873). 

 SyUia tiitici, Biehm, Actum. 1855, p. 284. 

 Sylvia fubpbiaginitis, Brehm, Naum. Ic55, p. 284. 

 Caiicicola pbiagiuitis (Bechst.), Brehm, Vugelf. p. 236 (1855). 

 Caiicicola tiitici, Brehm, loc. cit. (1855). 

 Caiicicola sclicenobtPnus (Linn.), Brehm, loc. cit. (1855). 

 Caiicicola &ubpbragraitis, Brehm, loc. cit. (1855). 

 Calamndyta schcenobajnus {Lmn. ), Gray,Hand-l. B. i. p. 209. no. 2964 



(lbC9) ; Shelley, B. Egypt, p. 91 (1872). 

 Acrocephalu.s sci oenobwiuis {L.7tn.), Nexvt. ed. Yarr. Br. B. i. p. 376 



(1873) ; Dresser, B. Fur. pt. hi. (1^76). 

 CalaiBodus scbctnobtenus {Linn.), Blanf. East. Pers. ii. p. 199 



(la76). 



Tbe general colour of the upper parts is russet-brown, each fea- 

 ther having an obscure dark centre. These dark centres are most 

 conspicuous, becoming nearly black on Ihe head, -wing-coverts, and 

 innermost secondaries, and disappear altogether on the rump, which 



