104 TUEHrDiE. 



The Eeed-Warbler breeds in Central and Southern Europe, ex- 

 tending its range eastwards as far as Turkestan and Baluchistan. 

 It is said to pass through Egypt and Nubia on migration, and 

 ■winters in Africa. 



a. Ad. st. England. 



b-fn. S ? ad. et juv. sk. Cookham, Berks, July. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



n, o,p. Ad. St. Cambridgeshire. Mr. J. Baker. 



o, r. Ad. sk. Cambridgeshire, June F. Godman and 0. Sal- 



14, 1856 (0. S.). vin, Esqrs. [P.]. 



s, t. (S ad. sk. Eui'ope. Purchased. 



u. Ad. sk. Europe. Baron De Selys-Long- 



champs. 

 V. Ad. St. France. R. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



IV. 5 ad. sk. Gibraltar. Col. Irby [P.]- 



X. Ad. sk. jDonstantinople {Elwes). F. Godman and 0. Sal- 



vin, Esqrs. [P-l- 

 y. S ad. sk. Gennesareth, Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



z. 5 ad. sk. Banias, Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



a'. (S ad. sk. Bampur, Baluchistan, W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



2000 feet, April 7. [C.]. 



b'. (S ad. sk. Kohrud, N. of Ispahan, W. T. Blanford, Esq. 



8000 feet, July 18. [C.]. 



c'. Skel. England. Purchased. 



13. Acrocephalus dumetorum. 



Sylvia montana, Si/kes, P. Z. S. 1832, p. 89 {nee Horsfield). 



Sylvia arundinacea (Gmel.), apud Eversm. Add. Pall. Zoogr. JRosso- 



Asiut. fasc. iii. p. 11 (1842). 

 Salicaria arundinacea?, Hodgs. MS. Drawings {in the Brit. Mus.) 



of B. of Nepal, Passeres, pi. 52, unde 

 Salicaria ariuidinacea ?, Hodgs. Graifs Zool. Misc. no. 818, p. 82 



(1844); Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. p. 65 (1873); Semrtz. Stray Feath. 



1875, p. 425. 

 Acrocephalus montanus (Si/kes), Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xiv. p. 594 



(1845, nee Ilorsjield) ; id. Cat.B. Mus. As. Soe. p. 181 (1849). 

 Acrocephalus dumetorum, Blyth, J. A. S. Beng. xviii. p. 815 (1849) ; 



id. Vat. B. Mus. As. Soc. p. 326 (184!;') ; Layard, Ami. Not. 



Hist. 1853, p. 263 ; Hor.'^f. S,- Moore, Cat. B. Mus. E.I. Co. 



i. p. 3.32 (1854) ; Jei-d. B. Jnd. ii. p. 155 (1863) ; Dresser, B. Eur. 



pt. Hii. (1876). 

 Sylvia (Salicaria) magnirostris, Lilljeb. Ofv. Vet.-AJc. Handl. 1850, 



p. 274, pi. xi.\. 

 Calamodyta dumetorum {Blyth), Gray, Hand-l. B. i.p. 207. no. 2923 



(1869). 

 Calamoherpe (Salicaria) magnirostris {Lilljeb.), Meves, Ofv. Vet.-Ak. 



Forh. 1871, p. 752. 

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



Severtz. Stray Feath. 1875, p. 425 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 85. 

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



Severtz. Stray Feath. 1875, p. 425 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 86. 

 Salicaria concolor, Severtz. Turkest. Jevotn. pp. 66, 130 (1873) ; 



Severtz. Stray Feath. 1875, p. 426 ; Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 88. 

 Acrocephalus streperus ( VieilL), apud Dresser, Ibis, 1876, p. 83. 



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



