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4. Elbeuf {Nmiry : Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll, 



0. Malaga, Spain, 19th May. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga {H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Malaga, 5th June {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga, 10th June {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Malaga, 15th June (H. S.). Seebohm CoU. 



4. Malaga, 20th June {H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga. Crowley BequesFt. 



5. Anclam, Pomerania, 13th May. L. Field, Esq. 



6. Anclam, 5th June. L. Field, Esq. 



4. Algiers, May ( Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



4. Lake Halloula, Algeria, June Crowley Bequest. 

 {Tristram Coll.). 



1. Zana, Algeria, 11th Jime ( T^'zsfo-aw Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Zana, 12th June {Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest, 



Acrocephalus dumetorum {Bhjth). 



(Plate IX. figs. 1 & 4.) 



Acrocephalus dumetorum, Anderson, Stray Feath. iii. p. 351 (1875) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 6(31 (1876) ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 545 

 (1879) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 104 (1881) ; Oates, Fauna 

 Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 369 (1889) ; id. ed. Hwne, Nests Sr Fggs Ind. 

 Birds, i. p. 226 (1889) ; Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 33 (1899) ; 

 Sharpe, Uand-l. iv. p. 188 (1903). 



The eggs of Blyth's Reed-Warbler vary remarkably, and are of 

 three distinct types. 



Eggs taken by Capt. Hutton agree well with those described by 

 Anderson (l. c). They are of a blunt oval shape, slightly glossy, 

 and of a white colour, speckled with rufous. They measure respec- 

 tively : -65 by -53 ; -64 by -52 ; -64 by -51. 



Those of a second type are of a somewhat pointed oval shape, 

 moderately glossy, and of a pale pink colour, mottled and blotched 

 ■with lilac or brownish pink. 



Those of a third type are of a pointed oval shape, moderately 

 glossy, and of a greyish-white colour, mottled and blotched in the 

 same manner as in the second type, but with lavender, pale brown, 

 and umber-brown, and occasionally marked with a few darker, 

 almost black, specks. 



Examples of the second and third types measure from -64 to -77 

 in length, and from -5 to "55 in breadth. 



Jerripani, Himalayas, 6th May 



{T. Button). 

 Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, 25th June 



(Kibort). 

 Altai Moimtains (Tancre Coll.). 

 Altai Mountains {Tancre Coll.). 

 Altai Mountains. 

 Altai Mountains {Nehrkorn Coll.). 



Hume Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



