208 Mr. J. A. Harvie Brown on the 



makes no mention of A. dumetorum, Blyth. Meves (23), on 

 the other hand, speaks of A. dumetorum as common in the 

 Ural, but says nothing of the presence of A. ^alustris, 

 although he takes pains to notice the close resemblance of the 

 two species and to discriminate between them. Again Dresser 

 {' Birds of Europe,' part liii.) identifies two birds obtained by 

 Sabanaeff in the Ural somewhat south of our limits, viz. at 

 Ekaterineburg and Sinara, as belonging to A. agricola, Blyth, 

 =A. [Salicaria) ccqnstratus^ Severtzoff, who found it east of 

 the Caspian ('Ibis,' 1876, p. 84). Yet, again, Severtzoff (/. c.) 

 mentions that A. jpalustris verus was also obtained on the east 

 of the Caspian. There is then perhaps a possibility of all 

 these three occurring within our districts. At present, how- 

 ever, I consider that most of the records refer to dumetorura ; 

 and in this Dresser, whom I consulted on the subject, agrees. 

 I admit also ^alustris with a query, and for the present reject 

 affrtcolus. 



Since the above was written, a very clear account of the 

 Salicarice of Dr. Severtzoff has appeared from Seebohm's pen, 

 in the ' Ibis,' 1877, p. 151. 



Obs. — Calamodus aquaticus (Lath.). There is no positive 

 record of its occurrence within our limits ; but as Meves (23) 

 found it in the S.E. Ural, it may perhaps be looked for yet in 

 the Perm Government, further to the north, 



(29) DauUas luscinia (L.). No. 134 in Tables. 



Authors differ concerning its abundance or otherwise ; but 

 judging from their records, we may consider it common where 

 recorded. The supposed occurrence of this species so far north 

 as Archangel, however, recorded by Schrenck, is very rightly 

 doubted by Middendorff (' Die Thierw. Sib.' p. 1048, foot- 

 note 6). 



(30) Locustella Render soni^ Cass. No. 136 in Tables. 



Dresser informs me, in lit., that the Grasshopper Warbler 

 of the Ural is not our bird, but the small bright-coloured 

 Indian bird, L. Hendersoni — which fact he has known for some 

 time from specimens in his possession collected by Sabanaeff. 

 This is then an addition to the European fauna. 



Obs. — Locustella certliiola, Pall. Dresser writes me that he 

 is doubtful of the occurrence of this species in S.E. Europe, 

 although Temminck gives " Eastern Russia " as a locality. 



