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departure. I have eleven speciroens of this species from 

 Giza ; in all of them the tarsi and toes are lead-coloured 

 with a tinge of brown. 



48. LocusTELLA N^viA (Bodd.). 



On September 28th, 1907, I saw a Grasshopper- Warbler 

 in the Zoological Gardens. I have no other record of 

 the species from Giza or Egypt. Capt. Shelley does not 

 mention it. 



49. AcllOCEPHALUS PHRAGMITIS (Bcchst.). 



Calamodijta schoenobaenus Shelley, p. 91. 



During the autumn migration (September 1908) I found 

 great numbers of Sedge- Warblers in the cotton-fields near 

 Giza, and obtained a pair of adults and one immature 

 example. 



50. ACROCEPHALUS MELANOPOGON (Tcmm.). 



Calamodyta melanopogon Shelley, p. 93. 



I saw one example of this species outside the Zoological 

 Gardens on August 23rd, 1907. This is the only occasion 

 on which I have seen it in the Province of Giza. 



Some six years ago Dr. P. L. Sclater shewed me the skin 

 of an example which he had shot close to the same place. 



51. ACKOCEPHALUS AQUATICUS (Gm.). 



Calamodyta aquatica Shelley, p. 92. 



I saw an undoubted Aquatic Warbler near Giza, in a patch 

 of cotton, on November 17th, 1908. 



52. AcROCEPHALus STENTOREus (Hempr. & Ehr.). 

 Acrocejyhalus stentoreus Shelley, p. 95. 



The Clamorous Great Reed-AYarbler is probably a resident 

 in Egypt. I have only one record from the Province of 

 Giza. I saw an example in the Gardens of the Government 

 Aquarium in the autumn of 1907. 



53. AcRocEPHALus TURDoiDEs (Mcycr). 

 Acrocephalus turdoides Shelley, p. 90. 



Capt, Shelley did not meet with this Great Reed- Warbler 

 i^ Egypt. I have an adult male which I shot in the Province 



