38 A HANDBOOK OF EUROPEAN BIRDS. 
Genus ACROCEPHALUS. F 
PADDY.-FIELD WARBLER, 
Acrocephalus agricola (Yerd). 
Adult (Summer): Adove pale rufous, brighter on rump ; 
wings and tail brown, with lighter margins ; second primary 
shorter than fifth; sides of head brown ; superciliary streak 
nearly white ; beneath white, tinged with buff on flanks and 
vent; bill brown, paler beneath; legs pale brown; irides 
yellowish-brown. Length 5°25 inches ; culmen 0°4 ; weng 2°25 ; 
tail 2°25; tarsus 0°9. 
Adult (Spring): Brighter in general tone. Under parts 
washed with yellowish-buff. 
Young: Similar, but have first primary rather longer than 
adults. 
Distribution : Of rare occurrence in the extreme east of 
Europe. Breeds in Northern India. Found also in Turkestan. 
Habitat: Rice swamps, thickets. 
BLY TH’S REED WAaA-REBL EER 
Acrocephalus dumetorum JS/yth. 
Adult (Summer): <Adove olive-brown ; wings and tail 
darker brown with pale edges; secondaries very long: super- 
ciliary streak nearly obsolete ; beneath buffish-white, flanks and 
breast shaded with brownish ; bill brown, darker above than 
below; legs and feet pale horn; irides brown. Length 5:5- 
inches; culmen 0°65 wing 2:33 to 2°5 ; tail 2 to 2°35 tarsus 66. 
Adult (Winter): Above with more fulvous tinge and 
brighter ; beneath clearer buff. 
Distribution: A summer visitant to Central Palearctic 
region, breeding from St. Petersburg to the valley of the 
Yenesay. Winters in India and Ceylon. 
Habitat : Wooded or low bushy ravines, often near water. 
