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PASSERE.^ 



SYLVIID.E. 



SYLVIIBJ^. 



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ACROCEPHALUS ARUNDINACEUS (LinilfeUS*). 



THE GREAT REED-WARBLER. 



Salicarla tnrdo'idcsj. 



AcRoCEPHALUs, /. A. yaumann t- — Bill more or less straight, with the ciil- 

 iiien elevated, wide at the base, compressed towards the tip, and slightly emar- 

 giuated ; the edges of the lower mandible inflected ; nostrils basal, oblique, 

 oval and exposed. Forehead narrow and depressed. Wings rather short ; the 

 first quill nearly abortive, the second commonly shorter than the third, which is 

 generally longest. Tail rounded and rather long. Legs long ; feet large and 

 stout, the hind toe strong ; claws long and moderately curved. 



We are indebted to Mr. John Hancock for this addition to 

 British ornithology, announced by him in the ' Annals and 



* Tardus arimdinaceus, Linnseus, Syst. Nat. Ed. 12, i. p. 296 (1766). 



t Sylvia turdoides, B. Meyer, Vogel Liv- und Esthlands, p. 116 (1815). 



t Naturgeschichte der Vogel Deutschlands. Nachtr. p. 201 (1819). This 

 reference is given on the authority of J. F. Naumann (Vog. Deutschl. Ed 2, iii. 

 p. 597), as the Editor has been unable to consult a perfect copy of the older work. 



