84 Mr. H. E. Dresser's Notes on 



149. Salicaria capistrata^ SevertzofF, pp. 6G, 127. 

 Horizontal range. Breeds in district III. 

 Vertical range. Breeds in district 2. 



At page 127 Severtzoff describes this bird as follows : — 

 " Salicaria capistrata, nob. Bill thin, with three bristles 

 on each side at the base ; tail rounded, tail-feathers narrow, 

 the three outer rectrices shortened; wings short, 4th quill 

 the longest, 3=5, 2^8, the 1st short, being equal to the 

 coverts; entire upper parts olive-brown ; eyebrows pure white ; 

 crown blackish brown ; quills and larger coverts greyish 

 bro^vn, with lighter edges ; throat white ; undcrparts yellowish. 

 Total length (of a skin) 5" 1"', wing 2" 2^'", tail 2" 2'", cul- 

 uien 4'". It is found in Turkestan and on the eastern shores 

 of the Caspian." 



150. Acrocephalus dumetorum (Blyth). 

 Salicaria magnirostris , Lilj.; Severtzoff, p. 127. 



This species, which Severtzoff at page 66 includes under the 

 name of Salicaria palustris, with a note of interrogation, he 

 describes at page 127, from a specimen obtained at Kara- 

 burgaza on the 23rd May, as follows : — " First primary equal- 

 ing the wing-coverts inlength, 3=4>5>2>6. Total length 

 5" 3'", wing 2" 3'", tail 2" 1^", culmen 5'". Colour as usual." 



He further describes (p. 128) a bird which he now informs 

 me he believes to be true Acrocephalus palustris, as follows : — 



" Salicaria turcomana, nob. ^ in fresh plumage from the 

 eastern part of the Caspian. Upper parts brown, shaded 

 with yellow, cheeks and sides of the neck lighter ; eyebrows 

 indistinct ; underparts light yellowish white ; throat pure 

 white ; quills and tail brown, as in the preceding species, but 

 the wings are longer, and the arrangement of the primaries 

 is different. First quill equal in length to the coverts, 3rd 

 longest, 2 = 4>5>6. One killed on the 18th July near Kras- 

 novodsk Bay measures as follows : — Total length 5" 2'", wing 

 2" 6"', tail 1" 9'", culmen 5'", tarsus 8'"." 



151. Salicaria macronyx, Severtzoff, pp. 66, 128. 

 Horizontal range. Breeds in district III. 

 Vertical range. Breeds in district 1 . 



