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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 Sierra 

 Nevada in Spain, but I have never personally observed it. 



31. AEDON FAMILIAEIS. 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. 



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 

 Egypt. 



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. Everywhere 

 else very isolated and rare. 



36. ACCENTOR MODULARIS. Hedge-Accentor. 



The only specimen seen was observed among the large 

 cacti 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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