418 Alexander Goodman More Scientific Papers. 



Thinly scattered through England and Wales, and breeds also in a 

 few localities in the south of Scotland. 



The bird has been killed in Kirkcudbright (Sir W. Jar dine], and 

 the nest taken in Wigton (Rev. T. B. Bell}. Birds seen in Ayrshire 

 (Rennie} and in Renfrew (Mr. M. Young]. Breeds regularly in 

 Haddington (Mr. R. Gray], in Edinburgh (Mr. J. Grahame], 

 occasionally in Linlithgow (Mr. T. D. Weir}, and regularly on Loch 

 Lomond (Mr. R. Gray}. Dr. Dewar has shot the old birds in Argyle- 

 shire. 



CALAMODYTA PHRAGMITIS (Bonap}. Sedge Warbler. 



Provinces I. -XVII. 

 Subprovinces 135. 

 Lat. 50-59. " British " type, or general. 



Extends to Sutherland and Caithness, but does not reach the Scottish 

 isles. 



CALAMODYTA LUSCINIOIDES (G. R. Gray}. Savi's Warbler. 



Provinces I. ? III. ? IV. 



Subprovinces 2?, 7?, 8?, (12). 



Lat. 50-53. "Germanic" type. Not in Ireland. 



The Rev. H. Roundell tells me that he has obtained eggs from* 

 Kingsbridge, in Devonshire. 



In the 'Zoologist' for 1850, p. 2849, Mr. J. Green, a dealer, mentions 

 a nest taken by himself at Dagenham, in Essex. Another at Erith, in 

 Kent (Zoologist, p. 3945). 



Mr. H. Stevenson tells me that eggs have been found in the Norfolk 

 marshes much resembling those of Savi's Warbler, and five birds have 

 been killed in the county. 



Mr. F. Bond informs me that the nest has many times been found 

 in Cambridge and Huntingdonshire ; but that, owing to the recent 

 extensive draining-operations, he believes the bird has ceased to breed 

 in the fens of Baitsbight, Burwell, and Whittlesea, where it was 

 formerly a regular summer visitor. 



CALAMODYTA STREPERA (G. R. Gray}. Reed Warbler. 



Provinces I. X. 



Subprovinces 3-22. 



Lat. 50-55. " English " or Southern type. Not in Ireland. 



More common on the eastern side of England, and does not breed 

 in Devon and Cornwall. Extends as far north as Scarborough (Mr. A. 

 S. Bell} and Lancashire (Mr. J. F. Brockholes}. 



The nest has once been taken in Haddingtonshire by Mr. Hep- 

 burn. 



