TURDIDA—WARBLERS. 39 
REED WARBLER. | 
Acrocephalus streperus (ize//). 
Adult (Summer): Adove pale brown, with a russet tint, 
especially on rump ; wings and tail hair-brown, with paler edges ; 
second primary longer than fifth ; eye-stripe pale yellow ; beneath 
white ; flanks, sides of neck and chest washed with brownish- 
buff; legs dark brown ; bill pale brown, paler at base of lower 
mandible ; irides brown. Length 5°5 inches; culmen 0°6; 
wing 2°35 to 2°7; tail 2; tarsus o’9. 
Adult (Winter) : Under parts suffused with buff. 
Young: Similar, but rather buffer beneath. 
Distribution: Breeds in Central and Southern Europe, 
wintering in Africa. 
Habitat: Marshy localities ; thickets of reeds or sedges. 
MARSH WARBLER. 
Acrocephalus palustris (echst). 
Adult: Like the preceding, but more olivaceous-brown above 
and whiter beneath; and with a more pointed wing than A. 
streperus; second primary longer than fourth; \egs brownish 
flesh-colour ; irides dark brown. Length 5°5 inches ; culmen 
0°62 ; wing 2°5 to 2°8; tail 2 to 2°4; tarsus 0°95. 
Young: Similar, but greener on the upper parts. 
Distribution: Breeds in Central and Southern Europe, 
wintering in Africa. 
Habitat: Where bushes and reeds are intermixed. 
GREAT REED WARBLER. ™ 
Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Linz). 
Adult : Above light brown, with a rufous tinge, most distinct 
on rump and margins of quills and tail-feathers ; second primary 
about equal to third and longest in wing ; eye-stripe very obscure ; 
beneath nearly white on chin, throat and centre of abdomen ; 
