1 91 8.] B.O.U. List of British Birds. 237 



Vieillot. The change is much to be regretted, but must, 

 we fear, be accepted. 



p. 76. Add:— 



Acrocephalus arundinaceus orientalis. 

 Eastern Great Reed- Warbler. 



Salicaria turdina orientalis Temminck & Schlegel, Fauna 

 Japon., Aves, 18^7, p. 50, pi. xx b : Japan, Borneo, &c. 



Mr. J. B. Nichols (British Birds, x. 1917, p. 254) records 

 the occurrence of this form of the Great Reed-Warbler. 

 A male example was picked up dead in West St. Leonards, 

 24 August, 1916, and has since been mounted. It was ex- 

 amined by Mr. Ogilvie-Grant, Dr. Hartert, and Mr. Witherby, 

 who all agree with the identification. This form of the 

 Great Keed-Warbler breeds in eastern Siberia and northern 

 China, and winters in the Andamans, the Malay Peninsula, 

 Malay Archipelago, and Celebes. 



p. 78. Add :— 



Lusciniola melanopogon. Moustached Warbler. 



Sylvia melanopogon Temminck, PI. Col. iii. pi. 245, fig. 2, 

 1823 : near Rome. 



An example of this species, killed near St. Leonards-on- 

 Sea, Sussex, on 12 April, 1915, is recorded by Mr. H. W. 

 Ford- Lindsay (British Birds, ix. 1916, p. 197). 



This Warbler's usual range extends through southern 

 Europe from Spain to Hungary, and it is also found in 

 Egypt. 



p. 78. Add :— 



Hypolais pallida. Olivaceous Warbler. 



Curruca pallida Ehrenberg in Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 

 Symb. Phys. fol. bb, 1833 : Egypt and Nubia. 



Mr. Thomas Parkin (British Birds, ix. 1916, p. 198) 

 states that a male example of this species, killed near 



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