180 STLVIID^, 



2. Wicken Fen, Cambridfresliire, Salvin-Godman Coll. 



3rd June (0. S. Sr F. D. G.). 



6. Wicken Fen, 7tli June (0. *S'. ^ Salvin-Godman Coll. 



F. D. G.). 



.'). Fineblev, Middlesex (0. Salvin). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



2. Fiucliley (0. <S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Maidenhead ( 2'm<ra»i Co//.). Crowley Bequest. 



5. Alton, Hants, July. Crowley Bequest. 

 5. Cliurt, Surrey. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Brighton. Seebohm Coll. 



6. Brighton. Seebohm Coll. 

 6. Brighton {H. Seebohm). Seebohm Coll. 



5, Valkenswaard, Holland, 25th May Seebohm Coll. 



(H. S.). 



4. Anclani, Pomerania. L. Field, Esq. 



6. Reval, Baltic Prov., 21st May Seebohm Coll. 



{Russoui). 



6. Moscow, 29th May {Lorenz). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Moscow, 25th June {Lorenz). Seebohm Coll. 



Locustella lanceolata (Temm.). 



(Plate IX. fig. 9.) 



Locustella lanceolata, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 617 (1875) ; Seebohm, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 118 (1881) ; Tacz. Faune Orn. Siber. Orient. 

 i. p. 244 (1891) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 186 (1903). 



An egg of Temminck's Grasshopper-Warbler in the Collection is 

 of a pointed oval shape and slightly glossy. It is of a pinkish- 

 white colour, speckled all over with lilac-red and lilac. It measures 

 •7 by -51. 



1. Lake Baikal, Siberia, Jime Crowley Bequest, 



{Dyboivski). 



Genus ACROCEPHALUS, Naum. 



Acrocephalus aquations {Temm.). 



Sylvia aquatica, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 197, tab. xxi. fig. 11, «, b, c 



(1845-54). 

 Calaniodyta aquatica, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19, fig. 18 (1855-63) ; 



Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 305. 

 Acrocephalus aquaticus. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 591 (1876) ; Seebohm, 



Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 89 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 357, pi. 10 



(1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 196, pi. 52, fig. 6 (1896) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 187 (1903). 



The eggs of the Aquatic Warbler are quite inseparable from those 

 of the Sedge- Warbler, Specimens measure from "63 to •? in length, 

 and from -5 to -55 in breadth, 



4. Anclam, Pomerania, 27th May. L. Field, Esq. 



3. Aiiclani, 5th June. L. Field, Esq. 



