102 TrBDID^. 



Calamolierpe pliilomela, Brehm, Vogelf. p. 236 (18o5). 

 Calamoherpe prateusis, Jdith. Rev. et. Mac/, de Zool. vii. p. 65 (1855). 

 Galamodyta (Calamoherpe) palustris^ Fritsch, Vog. Eur. p. 152 



(1870). 

 Salicaria macronyx, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 66, 128 (1873) ; 



Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 84. 



The. general colour of the upper parts varies from olive-brown in 

 spring plumage to earthy brown in summer phimage, with a scarcely 

 perceptible shade of rufous after the autumn moult, slightly paler on 

 the rump ; eye-stripe nearly obsolete ; innermost secondaries with 

 broad ill-defined pale edges ; wing-coverts, quills, and tail-feathers 

 a slightly darker brown, with narrow edges to the outside webs of 

 the same colour as the back ; quills and tail-feathers, when fresh- 

 moulted, with narrow pale edges at and near the tips, but these are 

 soon lost by abrasion. The breast. Hanks, and under tail-coverts 

 are pale buff, shading into nearly white on the chin, throat, and 

 centre of belly ; the axillaries, thighs, and under wing-coverts, and 

 the inner lining of the quills are pale buff. After the autumn moult 

 the whole of the undcrpaits are suffused with buff. The bill is 

 Acrocephaline, the upper mandible dark and the under mandible 

 pale ; the rictal bristles are very slightly developed. The legs, feet, 

 and claws are pale horn-colour. Length of wing 2-8 to 2'45 inches, 

 tail 2--4 to 2'0, culmcn 0'7 to 0"o7. Second pi'imary very slightly 

 shorter than the third, in rare instances shorter than the fourth. 



The Marsh Reed-Warbler breeds in Central and Southern Europe, 

 extending its range eastwards as far as Persia, and possibly as far 

 as Turkestan. It winters in Central Africa. 



a. Ad. st. Europe. 



6. 5 ad. sk. Valkenswaard, Holland. F. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqvs. [P.]. 

 c. 2 ad. sk. N. of Shiraz, S. Persia, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [0.]. 

 7C00 feet. 



12. Acrocephalus streperus*. 



La Fauvette de Roseaux, liriss. Orn. iii. p. 378 (1760) ; Buf. Hist. 



Nat. Ois. V. p. 1-42 (1778) ; ? Daubent. PL Enl. 581. fig. 2 



(1778). 

 PMotacilla salicaria, Linn. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 330 (1766); JBechst. 



Natiirg. Deufschl. iv. p. 671 (1795). 

 Motacilla arundinacea, Lighffoot, t'hil. Trans. Ixxv. p. 11 (1785) ; 



Gmel. Stjst. Nat. i. p. 992 (1788, ex LigJitfoot). 

 Reed Wren, Lath. Gen. Syn. Suppl. i. p. 184 (1787). 

 Svlvia arundinacea (Gmel.), Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 510 (1790) ; 

 'Berhst. Orn. Taschenb. p. 174(1802); Wolf, Taschenb. i. ]\ 2So 



(1810); Leach, Cat. Ma7nm. ^-c. Brit. Mus. '^. 23 (181G) ; Teimn. 



* It being impossible to determine to what bird Livinreus intended to apply 

 his name of Mofucilla salicaria, which has been identified with many other 

 species, and the Turdus arundinacetcs of Linnaeus having been i-emoved to the 

 genus Acrocephalus, and the name extensively applied to the Great Sedge- 

 Warbler, we must unfortunately ignore the latter familiar name in favour of 

 that of Vieillot, which appears to be the earliest untainted name. 



