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



Vertical range. Breeds and is found on passage in dis- 

 trict 2. 



I need not transcribe Dr. Severtzoff's description of this 

 bird (p. 131), as he sums the whole matter up in a note he 

 has given me, in which he states that it is only " a Uralo- 

 Kirghis, north-eastern variety of Cetti's Warbler, which can- 

 not well be made out from a written description, but appeared 

 to be distinct by comparison with Spanish specimens in the 

 Berlin Museum, collected by Herr A, von Homeyer.^' This 

 appears therefore to be a somewhat doubtful species. 



At page 132 Dr. Severtzoff describes, under the name of 

 Cettia nigricans, what he now informs me is merely a small 

 rather dark form of Locustella fluviatilis. I need not, there- 

 fore, reproduce his detailed description, but only give the mea- 

 surements as follows : — First primary equal in length to the 

 coverts, 2nd quill longest, 3rd \'" shorter than the 2nd, 

 4th 2'" shorter than the 2nd. Total length in skin 5" 3'", in 

 flesh 5" 8"', wing 2" 9'", tail 2", tarsus 9"', culmen 5'". The 

 specimen in question flew on board a steamer near the eastern 

 shore of the Caspian, on the 21st August, 1859, and was 

 captured. 



164. ACROCEPHALUS SCH(EN0B^NUS (L.). 



Calamoherpe phragmitis, Severtzofi", p. 66. 



Horizontal range. Breeds and occurs on passage in dis- 

 trict III. 



Vertical range. Breeds in district 1, and occurs on pas- 

 sage in district 2. 



165. Locustella N^viA (Bodd.). 

 Acridiornis locustella, Severtzoff, p. 66. 

 Horizontal range. Breeds in districts I., II., and III. 

 Vertical range. Breeds in districts 2, 3, and 4. 



166. Locustella lanceolata (Temm.). 



Acridiornis lanceolata'^ [A. straminea, nob.), SevertzoflF, 

 p. 66. 



Horizontal range. Is found on passage, and possibly breeds, 

 in districts I. and III. 



