ACEOCEPHALU8. 181 



Acrocephalus phragmitis (Bechst.*). 



Sylvia phragmitis, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 195. tab. xxi. fig. 10, a-c 



(1845-54). 

 Calamodyta phragmitis, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 17 



(1855-63) ; Seebohm fy Harvie-Broion, Ibis, 1876, p. 218. 

 Salicaria phragmitis, Heivitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 117, pi. xxxi. 



fig. iii (1856). 



Acrocephalus schcenobaenus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 597 (1876). 

 Acrocephalus phragmitis, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 91 (1881) ; id. 



Brit. Birds, i. p. 352 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 195, pi. 52. 



fig. 5 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l iv. p. 187 (1903). 



The eggs of the Sedge- Warbler are mostly of a broad oval form 

 and possess a considerable amount of gloss, ^jhey are cream-colour, 

 stone-colour, or yellowish-buff, for the most part so densely mottled 

 with various shades of brown that little or none of the ground-colour 

 is distinctly visible, In some specimens, however, the markings are 

 better defined, being blotchy or streaky, and a certain amount of the 

 ground-colour is then clearly visible. Many eggs are, in addition, 

 marked with some black dots and hair-lines. They measure from 

 65 to *7 in length, and from '5 to -55 in breadth. 



6. Wilstrop, Yorkshire, 26th May Seebohin Coll. 



(Hargitt Coll.). 



5. Norfolk, 29th May (F. Norgate). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Norfolk, 9th June (F. N.). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Hockering, Norfolk, 22nd June Seebohm Coll. 



(F. Bayifield). 

 4. Merton, Norfolk. Lord Walsingham [P.]. 



6. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



4. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Cambridgeshire, 3rd June (O. Salviri). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Cookham, Berkshire, 9th June. Gould Coll. 



6. Cookham, June. Gould Coll. 

 6. Thames Valley. Gould Coll. 



5. Marlborough/ Wilts, May (J. G. Seebohm Coll. 



Millais : Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Finchley, Middlesex (O. &). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Finchley (O. 8.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Churt, Surrey. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Elbeuf, France (Noury : Hargitt Seebohm Coll. 



Coll). 



5. Holland, May. P. L. Sclater, Esq. [P.]. 



5. Valkenswaard, Holland, 14th May. Seebohm Coll, 



5. Valkenswaard, 15th May. Seebohm Coll. 



6. Anclam, Pomeramia, 13th May. L. Field, Esq. 

 4. Petchora River, Lat. 68 N., 4th Seebohm Coll. 



July (H. Seebohm $ J. A. 

 Harvie- Brown) . 



Acrocephalus turdoides (Meyer). 



Sylvia turdoides, Thien. Fortpjlanz. ges. Vog. p. 189, tab. xxi. fig. 5, a, b, c 



(1845-54). 

 Calamoherpe turdoides, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vog. tab. 19. fig. 10 (1855- 



