4. ACR0CEPHALU3. 97 



After the autumn moult the general colour of the underparts is 

 much more fulvous. In this stage of plumage it is the A. fulvolateralis 

 of Sharpe. 



The specific characters of this bird are its large size, pointed 

 wing, and pale legs. 



The Great Reed-Warbler breeds in Central and Southern Europe ; 

 it winters in South Africa — Transvaal, Natal, Damara Land, Congo 

 river, &c. 



Purchased. 



Leadenhall Market. 



F. Godman and 0. Sal- 

 via, Esqrs. [P.]. 



F. Godiiiau and 0. Sal- 

 vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



Brussels Museum. 

 R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 

 Purchased. 



F. Godmau and O. Sal- 

 via, Esqrs. [P.]. 

 A. Bouvier. 



Mr. Esler [C.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 

 (Tj-pe of A. fulvolateralis, Sharpe.) 



6. Acrocephalus orientalis. 



Sylvia turdoides. Metier apiul KM. liitke, Voy. (Postels) iii. p. 327. 

 Salicaria turdina orientalis, Temm. et Hchleg. Faun. Japon., Aves, 



p. 50 (1847). 

 Salicaria turdoides orientahs, Temm. et Schleg. Faun. Japon., Aves, 



pi. XX B. (1847). 

 Calamoherpe orieutalis {Temm. et Schleg.), Bp. Consp. i. p. 28-5 



(1850) ; Swinkoe, Ihis, 1863, p. 305; id. P. Z. S. 18U3, p. 293, and 



1870, p. 427 ; Tucz. Journ. Orn. 1874, p. 319, and 1875, p. 245 ; 



Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, 1876, p. 138 ; Blakiston Sf Fryer, 



Ibis, 1878, p. 237. 

 Acrocephalus orientalis (Temm. et Schleg.), Gray, P.Z.S. 1860, 



p. 349 ; Wald. Tr. Z. S. viii. p. 64 (1872 ), i.x. p. 195 (1875). 

 Acrocephalus maguirostris, Swinhoe, Ibis, 1860, p. 51, and 1861, 



pp. 32, 329. 

 Calamodyta orientalis {Temm. etSchleq.), Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 207. 



no. 29i9 (186'J) ; Sivinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 352; Prjrv. Bowlegs 



Orn. Misc. ii. p. 169 (1877) ; David et Oust. Ois. Chim-, p. 252 



(1877). 



This species docs not differ in any respect from the preceding in 

 colour (and is subject to the same change after the autumn moult), 

 with the exception of the legs and feet, which are slate-grey instead 

 of pale horn-colour. Length of wing 3-5 to 3-0 inches, tail 3-1 to 2-7, 



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