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63) ; Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 305 ; Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 418 ; 



Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 215. 

 Salicaria arundinacea, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 122, pi. xxxii. 



figs, iii & iv (1856). 



Acroceptialus arundinaceus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 579 (1878). 

 Acrocephalus turdoides, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 95 (1881) ; id. 



Brit. Birds, i. p. 361, pi. 10 (1883) ; id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 196, 



pi. 52. fig. 7 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 187 (1903). 



The eggs of the European Great Beed-Warbler are of a blunt oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are of different shades of pale 

 blue or bluish green, boldly blotched and spotted with olive-brown, 

 deep umber-brown, approaching black, and lavender. The markings 

 are frequently confluent at the broad end, and form an irregular cap. 



Two examples from Germany are of remarkable coloration, the 

 pointed half of the egg being greyish white, followed by a belt of 

 light olive occupying the third quarter. The remainder of the egg 

 is covered by a cap of dark olive-brown spotted with umber-brown. 



Specimens measure from -75 to 1 in length, and from -6 to *7 in 

 breadth. 



2. Louviers, Eure, France (Noury : 



HargitfrColl.}. 



4. Louviers, 6th June (Noury : Har- 



gitt Coll.}. 



3. Louviers (Noury : Hargitt Coll.}. 



5. Andalusia, Spain. 



5. Seville, Spain, 18th May (H. 

 Saunders} . 



4. Malaga, Spain, 30th June (If. S.). 

 2. Holland, 17th May. 



2. Holland. 



4. Valkenswaard, Holland. 



5. Brunswick, 29th June (Dr. ~R. Blasius} . 



3. Pomerania (T. Kruper}. 



6. Pomerania (T. Holland}. 



3. Pomerania. 



4. Anclam, Pomerania. 



3. Halle-a.-S. 



4. Halle. 

 4. Saxony. 



4. Cilli, Styria (E. Seidensacher} . 



2. Lake Halloula, Algeria, June (H. 



B. Tristram}. 



7. Zana, Algeria, June (H. B. T.}. 



5. Astrakhan (Henke}. 



4. Zana, Algeria, June (O. Salvin}. 



3. Zana, June (O. S.}. 



3. Zana, 6th June (O. S.}. 



2. Zana, 6th June (O. S.}. 



4. Zana, llth June (O. S.). 



3. Zana, 13th June (O. S}. 

 2. Zana, 15th June (O. S.}. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Lord Lilford [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm CoU. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 L. Field, Esq. 

 L. Field, Esq. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



