ACROCKPHALCS. 



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is very tawny ; eye-stripe very distinct, buffish white, not extending 

 to the nape ; lores and the feathers behind the eye russet-brown ; 

 ■wings and tail-feathers brown, the margins of the outside webs 

 edged with russet-brown. The underpaits buffish white, darkest on 

 the breast and flanks. After the autumn moult the eye-stripe and 

 the underparts are still more suffused with buff. After both moults, 

 but especially in spring, the whitish tips to the quills are very con- 

 spicuous, but these are soon lost by abrasion. Bill Locustelline, but 

 the rictal bristles fairly developed ; upper mandible dark, under 

 mandil'le pale. Legs, feet, and claws pale brown. Length of 

 wing 2-7 to 2-4 inches, tail 2-15 to 1-9^ culmen 0-6 to 0-5. Second 

 primary equal to or a tiiHe shorter than the third. 



The Sedge- Warbler, or Sedge Heed- Warbler, breeds throughout 

 Europe and Siberia at least as far east as the Yencsay ; its northern 

 range extends slightly north of the Arctic Circle. It winters in 

 South Africa. 



a. Ad. sk 

 h. c, d. c? 5 ad 

 e,/, //• d2 ad 

 /«, i. Juv. sk. 

 A-, /. Ad sk. 

 m, n. Ad. st. 

 o. (S ad. sk. 



p. Ad. sk. 



q. Ad. sk. 



r. (5 ad. sk. 



s. Ad. St. 



t. 2 ad. sk. 



Wiltshire. 

 . sk. AvingtiiU, Hants, May. 

 Aviiigton, Hants, -May. 

 Pagham, Su.'^sex, Sept. 4. 

 Cookhain, Berks. 

 Canibiidgeshire. 

 Rottifhani, Cambridge, 



May 1856 (O. S.). 

 Cambridge, Oct. 6, 1850 



(O.S.). 

 Wicken Fen, April 29, 



1^856(0. S.). 

 Skane, Sweden, May 23 



{Meves). 

 Heligoland. 



Guiksu, Asia Minor, Oct. 



10, 18(i7 {Robstin). 

 Gennetareth, Palestine. 

 Petchora, N.E. Eussia 

 {IScebohm .§■ Ilaz-vie- 

 Uroiai). 

 Obb, Siberia, Julv 17. 

 Yenesay,. lat. 0(3^°, E. 

 Siberia, June 23. 

 y, z. c? ; a', b'. 2 ad. sk. Putcbelstroom, Trans- 

 vaal, April 13 to 27 

 (W. Lucas), 

 c', d'. Ad. sk. Otjimbinque, Damara 



Land,]Jec. 21 {Anders- 

 son.) 

 e', f. Skeleton. England (Warwick). 



u. S ad. sk. 

 V. cJ ad. sk. 



w. d" ad. .sk. 

 .r. (S ad. sk. 



Col. Montaaru [P.]. 



Capt. Shedev [P.]. 



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Mr. J. Baker [C.j. 



F. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 

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Esqrs. [P.]. 

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Esqrs. [P.]. 



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Henry Seebohm, Esq. 



F. G odm an and . Salvin, 

 E.qrs.[P.]. 



Canun Tristram [P.]. 

 Capt. Feildeu and J. A, 



Harvie-Brown, Esq. 



[P.]. 

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 H. Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 



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E. B. Shai^pe, Esq. 



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