178 SYLVIID^E. 



7. Smyrna, 30th May (T. K). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Smyrna, 3rd June (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Smyrna, 7th June (T. K.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Smyrna, May (T. K.}. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Fao, Persian Gulf. W. D. Cumming, Esq. [P." 

 6. Fao. W. D. Cumming, Esq. [P/ 

 3. Fao. W. D. Cumming, Esq. [P.]. 

 5 Shiraz, Persia. F. Gillett, Esq. 



Genus LOCUSTELLA, Kaup. 



Locustella fluviatilis ( Wolf). 



Sylvia fluviatilis, Thien. Fortpflanz ges. Vog. p. 203, tab. xxi. fig. 6, a-c. 



tab. ic. fig. 11, a, b (1845-54). 



Aedonops fluviatilis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 19 (1855-63). 

 Locustella fluviatilis, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 621 (1874) ; Bree, Birds 



Eur. 2nd ed. iii. p. 34, pi. (1875) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. 



p. 110 (1881) j Skarpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 185 (1903). 



The eggs of the River-Warbler in the Collection are almost 

 elliptical in form and very glossy. One example is white, thickly 

 speckled and spotted with rather bright rufous and underlying 

 lavender. The others are of a greyish-white colour, thickly sprinkled 

 with specks of greyish brown and dull lavender. In all the speci- 

 mens the markings are very evenly distributed over the shell. 

 They measure respectively : '79 by -58 ; '74 by -6 ; -77 by '57 ; 

 8 by -58. 



1. Bush an, E. Prussia. Seebohm Coll. 



2. Silesia (Nehrkorn Coll.) Crowley Bequest. 

 1. Samhof, Livonia (Middendorff) . Seebohm Coll. 



Locustella luscinioides (Savi). 



Sylvia luscinioides, Thien. Fortjrftanz. ges. Vog. p. 201, tab. xxi. fig. 12. 

 tab. ic. fig. 12, a-c (1845-54). 



Lusciniola savii, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 20 (1855-63). 



Salicaria luscinoides, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 115, pi. xxxi. 

 fig. ii (1856). 



Calamodyta luscinoides, Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 304. 



Lusciniopsis savii, Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 418. 



Locustella luscinioides, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 627 (1875) ; Seebohm, 

 Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 12 (1881) ; id. Brit. Birds, i. p. 346, pi. 10 

 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 194, pi. 52. fig. 4 (1896) ; Irby, 

 Orn. Str. Gibr. 2nd ed. p. 59 (1895) j Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 185 

 (1903). 



The eggs of Savi's Warbler are of a broad oval form and possess 

 a considerable amount of gloss. They are dull white or very pale 

 greyish white, often with a decided pinkish tinge, and they are 

 thickly speckled all over with ashy brown, dull rufous, and under- 

 lying lilac or lavender. In some specimens the markings form a 



