1S4 



SYI.VIIIi.l.. 



North, Nests 8f Eggs Austr. Hints, p. 169 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. 

 Eiersamml. p. 33 (1899); Campbell, Nests fy Egqs Austr. Birds, i. 

 p. 181, pi. 9 (1901) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 188 (i903). 



The eggs of the Australian Reed-Warbler resemble those of 

 A. turdoides, but the)' are generally greyish white in ground-colour, 

 and seldom exhibit any bluish tinge. They measure from "77 to *85 

 in length, and from -57 to '6 in breadth. 



1. Australia (Field Coll.). 



2. New South Wales. 



1 . Dobroyde, N. S. W. (E. P. Ramsay). 



2. South Australia. 



4. Melbourne ( W. Bridge?-). 



1. Melbourne (W. A'.). ' 



4. Victoria (E. P. Ramsay). 



6. Victoria. 



2. Victoria, 3rd Nov. (A. J. North). 



3. River Tuna, Australia (S. French). 



W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



LP.]. 



Gould Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Gould Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Govt, of Victoria [P.]. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 

 [P.]. 



Acrocephalus palustris (Bechst.). 



Sylvia palustris, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 191, tab. xxi. fig. 7, a, b 



(1815-54). 

 Calamoherpe palustris, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 16 (1855- 



63) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 215. 

 Acrocephalus palustris, Bree, Birds Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 1, pi. (1875); 



Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 073 (1876); Seebohm, Cat. Birds B.M. v. 



p. 101 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 375, pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eggs of 



Brit. Birds, p. 198, pi. 52. fig. 9 (1896); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 188 



(190S). 



The eggs of the Marsh- Warbler are almost miniatures of those 

 of A. turdoides, and the only difference between them, apart from 

 size, appears to be that in the eggs of the present species the 

 underlying lavender markings are more prominent and the shell- 

 markings less dense. The eggs measure from '63 to *8 in length, 

 and fiom -51 to *5S in breadth. 



