326 LUSCINIOLA THORACICA. POTAMODUS LUSCINIOIDES. 



LUSCINIOLA THORACICA (Blyth). 



[^ 1596. Two. — Siberia. From Dr. Dybowski, through M. 

 Jules Verreaux, 1873. 



Dr. Dybowslii's notes on the habits of this species, under the synonym of 

 Dumeticola affinis, and desciiption of its eggs were published in the ' Journal 

 fiir Oruithologie ' for 1872 (pp. 354, 355), one of the latter being figured in the 

 succeeding volume of the same work (p. 118, tab. i. fig. 3).] 



POTAMODUS LUSCINIOIDES (Savi). 

 SAVINS WARBLER. 



^ 1597. T^^^'o.— Cambridgeshire, 1845. 



These two eggs 1 had of Harvey, of Baitsbight, out of a nest con- 

 taining, at the time I saw it, eight or ten. He believed them to be 

 Grasshopper- Warblers^, but doubted. Since this Mr. Bond has pro- 

 cured three nests and a bird of the Savi's from Harvey [vide ' Zoologist,^ 

 1846, p. 1212). Mr. Yarrell shewed me two of these nests, which 

 Mr. Bond had lent him ; one of them, made entirely of sedge, I believe 

 to have been the very nest from which my specimens came. Mr. 

 Yarrell descanted on their connection with the Grasshopper- and the 

 Dartford Warblers, and seemed not to doubt their authenticity. The 

 other nest was differently made, it was chiefly composed of grass and 

 moss. The former nest probably was found in a sedge-fen, most 

 likely Quy Fen, possibly Wicken Fen. Mr. Yarrell says Mr. Hewitson 

 will figure them. N.B. Do not trust Harvey. 



[On comparing these eggs with the series of Grasshopper- Warbler's and Savi's, 

 I do not doubt they belong to the latter, of which Mr. Bond in September 1872 

 informed me that he never had but two fresh nests, both obtained in May 1845.] 



[^ 1598. One. — "Baitsbight," Cambridgeshire, 1845. From 

 Mr. Yarrell's Collection, 5 December, 1856. 



Hewitson, 'Eggs B. B.,' ed. 2, pi. xxv*. 



This I bought at the sale of Mr. Yarrell's collection (where it formed part of 

 lot 366), having been told by Mr. Bond that it was not only one of the number 

 first found, but was the identical example figured by Mr. Hewitson {tit supra), 

 a statement confirmed by its appearance.] 



