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Oxfordshire, and occasionally in Wiltshire, Hampshire, 

 Sussex, Kent, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgeshire, 

 Norfolk, and Worcestershire. As a Rare Visitor it has 

 occurred at Fair Isle ; Shetlands, and St. Kilda. 



General Distribution. The Marsh-Warbler breeds in 

 Europe, from Denmark and the Baltic Provinces to Spain, 

 Italy, Montenegro, and Bulgaria, east to the Urals and the 

 Caspian sea, and probably to north-west Africa. It winters 

 in Africa, passing southwards to Natal and Cape Colony. 



Acrocephalus arundinaceus. GREAT REED- 

 WARBLER. 



Turdus arundinaceus Linmeus, Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 170 : 



Dantzic, Germany. 



Acrocephalus turdoides {Meyer) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. 

 1881, p. 95 ; B. O. U. List, 1st ed. 1883, p. 19 ; Saunders, 

 Manual, 2nd ed. 1899, p. 83. 

 Arundinaceus = of reeds, from arwndo. 



Distribution in the British Islands. A Rare Visitor to 

 England. Has occurred in Northumberland, May 1847 ; 

 Kent, May 1853 and Sept. 1881 ; Surrey, spring 1858 ; 

 Shropshire, about 1886 ; Hampshire, June 1884 and May 

 1900 ; Sussex, Sept. 1903 and 1906, and May 1905 ; Norfolk, 

 May 1906 and July 1912. 



General Distribution. The Great Reed- Warbler breeds in 

 Europe from the North sea and Baltic Provinces eastwards 

 to western Siberia and southwards to southern Europe and 

 north-west Africa. It winters in tropical Africa, extending 

 as far as Loango ;md Natal. From the Volga delta to 

 Turkestan a slightly different race, A. a. zarudnyi, has been 

 recognised, and in parts of eastern Asia A. a. orientalis is 

 the representative form. 



Acrocephalus SChoenobaBims, SEDGE-WARBLER. 



Motacilla schcenobsenus Linnaus, Syst. Nat. 1758, 



p. 184 : Sweden. 

 Acrocephalus phragmitis (Bechst.) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. 



