26 BRITISH BIRDS. 



lower slopes of the hills in the neighbourhood of Smyrna, 

 and I have a good series of its eggs taken in 1899 and 1901. 



The nests were very easy to find, being placed either in 

 very small trees, at a height of from six to ten feet from 

 the ground, or high up in bushes. In 1901 I saw several 

 broods of Orphean Warblers with the parent birds in the 

 hills above Sochia during the last week in May, and at the 

 same time found nests with fresh eggs. 



The usual number of eggs in Asia Minor is five, but I 

 have taken several clutches of six, and some of only four. 



All my eggs of the Orphean Warbler from Asia Minor 

 are of one type and vary very little one from another ; but 

 they are all absolutely different from the eggs of the same 

 species which I have taken in Andalusia. In the Asia 

 Minor eggs the ground colour is white and the markings 

 are nearly always of a pale grey, only rarely greyish 

 brown, never dark brown or blackish. In my Spanish 

 eggs the markings are very dark and the eggs themselves 

 smaller than those from Asia Minor. My Spanish 

 Orphean Warbler's eggs are in fact very similar to those 

 of the Lesser Whitethroat, whilst those I took in Asia 

 Minor bear but little resemblance to the eggs of the 

 last-named species. 



That the eggs of the Orphean Warbler in Asia Minor 

 should be so uniform in coloration and so constantly 

 different from the eggs of the same species laid in 

 Western Europe is, I think, a point worthy of the 

 attention of ornithologists. 



Savi's Warbler. 

 Locustella luscmioides (Savi). 



I have found a good many nests of Savi's Warbler in 

 Hungary, and one in Southern Sjmin. This bird seems to 

 be a common breeding species in the former countr}^ in 

 all the lakes and marshes situated in the level country 

 through which the Danube runs to the east of Budapest. 



The following notes I have copied verbatim from one of 

 my note books, and refer to a visit paid to the Valencze 



