ACEOCEPHALUS. 



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Acrocephalus phragmitis (BccJist.). 



Sylvia phragmitis, Thien. Fortpjianz.yes. Viig. p. 195, tab. xxi. fig. 10, a-c 



(1845-54). 

 Calamodyta phragmitis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 17 



(1855-63) ; Seehohn ^- Harvie- Brown, Ibis, 1876, p. 218. 

 Salicaria phragmitis, Hewitson, Eygs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 117, pi. xxxi. 



fig. iii (1856). 

 Acrocephalus schoenobfenus. Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 597 (1876). 

 Acrocephalus phragmitis, »See6oAw, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 91 (1881) ; id. 



Brit. Birds, i. p. 352 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 195, pi. 52, 



fig. 5 (1896) ; S?iarpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 187 (1903). 



The eggs of the Sedge- Warbler are mostly of a broad oval form 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are cream-colour, 

 stone-colour, or yellowish-buff, for the most part so densely mottled 

 with various shades of brown that little or none of the ground-colour 

 is distinctly visible, In some specimens, however, the markings are 

 better defined, being blotchy or streaky, and a certain amount of the 

 ground-colour is then clearly visible. Many eggs are, in addition, 

 marked with some black dots and hair-lines. They measure from 

 •65 to '7 in length, and from '5 to -55 in breadth. 



Acrocephalus turdoides (Meyer). 



Sylvia turdoides, T/iien. Forfpflanz. yes. Vog. p. 189, tab. xxi. fig. 5, a, b, c 



(1845-54). 

 Calamoherpe turdoides, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 10 (1855- 



