AcuocurnALtrs. 



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Acrocephalus phragmitis (Bechst.). 



Sylvia phragmitis, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 195, tab. xxi. fig. 10, a-c 



(1845-54). 

 Calamodyta phragmitis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 17 



(1855-63) ; Seebohm fy Harvie-Brovm, Ibis, 1876, p. 218. 

 Salicaria phragmitis, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 117, pi. xxxi. 



fig. iii (1856)., 

 Acrocephalus schoenobaenus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 597 (1876). 

 Acrocephalus phragmitis, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 91 (1881) ; id. 



Brit. Birds, i. p. 352 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 195, pi. 52. 



fig. 5 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 187 (1903). 



The eggs of the Sedge-Warbler are mostly of a broad oval form 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss. They are cream-colour, 

 stoue-colour, or yellowish-buff, for the most part so densely mottled 

 with various shades of brown that little or none of the ground-colour 

 is distinctly visible, In some specimens, however, the markings are 

 better defined, being blotchy or streaky, and a certain amount of the 

 ground-colour is then clearly visible. Many eggs are, in addition, 

 marked with some black dots and hair-lines. They measure from 

 •65 to *7 in length, and from *5 to '55 in breadth. 



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Wilstrop, Yorkshire, 26th May 



(Han/itt Coll.). 

 Norfolk,' 29th May (F. Norgate). 

 Norfolk, 9th June (F. 2V.). 

 Hockering, Norfolk, 22nd June 



(F. Bayfield). 

 Merton, Norfolk. 

 Cambridgeshire. 

 Cambridgeshire. 



Cambridgeshire, 3rd June (O. Salvin) 

 Cookham, Berkshire, 9th June. 

 Cookham, June. 

 Thames Valley. 

 Marlborough, Wills. May (J. G. 



Millais : Harqitt Coll.). 

 Finchley, Middlesex (O. S.). 

 Finchley (O. S.). 

 Churt, Surrey. 

 Elbeuf, France {Noury : Ilargitt 



Coll.). 

 Holland, May. 



Valkenswaard, Holland, 14th May. 

 Valkenswaard, 15th May. 

 Anclam, Pomeraniia, 13th May. 

 Petchora River, Lat. 68° N., 4th 

 July (H. Seebohm § J. A. 

 Harvie-Brow?i). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Lord Walsingham [P.]. 

 F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 

 F. Bond, Esq. [P.J. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 L. Field, Esq. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Acrocephalus turdoides (Meyer). 



Sylvia turdoides, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 189, tab. xxi. fig. 5, a, b, c 



(1845-54). 

 Calamoherpe turdoides, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 10 (1855- 



