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Homeyer, and as a German name was again wanting he 
christened it the “Geschuppter Drossling” (Little Crested 
Thrush). A similar form appears to be found in the Sierr: 
Nevada in Spain, but I have never personally observed it. 
31. AHDON FAMILIARIS. Grey-backed Warbler. 
In Egypt common, but local, among thickets on level 
ground. In Palestine only among dense bushy tracts in the 
valley of the Jordan, but there very abundant. 
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32. CISTICOLA CURSITANS. Fantail Warbler. 
Very common in the green fields of the cultivated country 
both of Lower Egypt and the valley of the Nile in Upper 
Kegypt. 
33. ACROCEPHALUS TURDOIDES. Great Sedge-Warbler. 
Everywhere common in the wet reedy tracts of Egypt and 
Palestine. 
34. ACROCEPHALUS MELANOPOGON. Moustached Warbler. 
Common on the islands of Lake Menzaleh, which are 
thickly covered with low bushes, and also among the brush- 
wood of the Jordan valley. 
35. ACROCEPHALUS AQuaTicus. Aquatic Warbler. 
Very common among the thick bushes and reeds on the 
islands of the Nile between Cairo and the sea. Hverywhere 
else very isolated and rare. 
36. ACCENTOR MODULARIS. Hedge-Accentor. 
The only specimen seen was observed among the large 
eacti which, together with many other Southern plants, fringed 
the bank of a rapid stream at the foot of the high mountain 
of Skopos on the island of Zante. 
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