94 BIEDS OF EGYPT. 



back and scapulars dark brown ; wings and tail dark brown, 

 with paler edgings to the feathers ; a broad and distinct white 

 eyebrow, and a dark streak from the lores through the eye, 

 shading off on the ear-coverts ; underparts white, shaded 

 with brownish buff on the flanks and vent ; beak dark 

 brown ; legs black ; ii'ides brown. 



Entire length 5 inches; culmen 0'5; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 2-2 ; tarsus 0-85. 



42. Calamoherpe arundinacea (Gm.). Itced Warbler. 



The Reed Warbler, according to Von Heuglin (Orn. N. 0. 

 Afr. p. 291), is a bird of passage in Egypt and Nubia, and 

 is sometimes tolerably abundant in the swamps of the Delta. 



The entire upper plumage uniform greyish olive ; wings 

 and tail brown, with pale edges to the feathers ; it has a pale 

 yellowish eyebrow ; under sm'face white, washed with 

 brownish buff on the sides of the neck, chest, and flanks ; legs 

 dark brown ; beak pale brown, lightest on the lower man- 

 dible ; ii'ides hazel. 



Entire length 5" 5 inches; culmen 0*4; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 2"5 ; tarsus 0'9. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 108. 



43. Calamoherpe palustris (Bechst.). Marsh Warbler. 



I cannot find any very positive evidence for including the 

 present species in the Egyptian lists. Von Heuglin (Orn. 

 N. O. Afr. p. 290) only quotes Riippell as his authority for its 

 being found in Egypt, and Lichtenstein for its occurrence in 

 Nubia. 



The differences between this species and the preceding 



