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gists say that it breeds in Sleswick ; but in Holstein and the 

 rest of North Germany it appears to be rare, and Dr. Borg- 

 greve states that only occasional occurrences of it in that 

 country are recorded. It seems to be commoner in Silesia, 

 but by all accounts is rare in Hungary and the Austrian 

 Empire. Mr. Robson has procured it near Constantinople, 

 and it is said to be found in Asia Minor. Canon Tristram, 

 however, did not meet with it in Palestine, and, though Dr. 

 von Heuglin states that it occurs in winter in Lower Egypt, 

 Capt. Shelley suggests that he was. mistaken in the deter- 

 mination of the birds seen by him. In the Cyclades and 

 Greece it is said to be resident, and it visits Italy, Sicily and 

 Sardinia. Mr. Salvin found it breeding in Algeria, and Mr. 

 Drake procured it in Morocco in March. MM. Berthelot 

 and Webb give it as occurring in Grand Canary, but Mr. God- 

 man remarks that from the nature of the locality it cannot 

 be common there. Mr. Howard Saunders has received speci- 

 mens from Malaga, and Prof, du Bocage says that it is not rare 

 near Coimbra in Portugal. In the south of France, accord- 

 ing to MM . Jaubert and Barthelemy-Lapommeraye, it arrives 

 towards April, and some individuals stay to breed in the 

 Camargue ; but most of them would seem to pass further to 

 the northward, and, from what M. Gerbe says, we may infer 

 that its distribution in France is very local. The same 

 would appear to be the case in South Germany. Should the 

 Sijlvia cariceti of J. F. Naumann be, as is very probable, 

 identical with the Aquatic Warbler, its range may be some- 

 what extended in several directions, but enough has been said 

 on this score about a species which has but a slender claim 

 to be regarded as British. 



The nest is described as being very similar to that of the 

 Sedge-Warbler, only somewhat smaller, and to be built in 

 the same kind of place. The eggs have more resemblance 

 to those of the Reed-Warbler, but are paler in colouring : a 

 specimen in the Editor's possession, obtained by Canon 

 Tristram in Algeria, measures -67 by -52 in. 



The bill is dark brown, with the base of the lower mandible 

 yellow : the lores and ear-coverts are brown ; from the nos- 



