ACROCEPHALUS. 185 



Acrocephalus streperus ( Vieill.). 



(Plate VIII. fig. 20.) 



Sylvia arundinacea, Thien. Fortpflanz. ges. Vb'g. p. 191, tab. xxi. fig. 7, 



d,e,f (1845-54). 

 Calamoherpe arundinacea, Baedeker, Eier Eur. Vb'g. tab. 19. fig. 11 



(1855-63) ; Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 215. 

 Calamoherpe pinetarum, Baedeker, torn. cit. tab. 19. fig. 12. 

 Calamoherpe hydrophilos, Baedeker, torn. cit. tab. 19. fig. 13. 

 Calamoherpe arbustorum, Baedeker, torn. cit. tab. 19. fig. 14/ 

 Salicaria strepera, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 119, pi. xxxii. 



figs, i, ii (1856). 

 Acrocephalus streperus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 567 (1877) ; Seebohm, 



Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 102 (1881); Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 188 



(1903). 

 Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Seebohm, Brit. Birds, i. p. 367, pi. 10 (1883) ; 



id. Eggs of Brit. Birds, p. 197, pi. 52. fig. 8 (1896). 



The eggs of the Eeed- Warbler are of a decidedly-pointed oval 

 form, and they exhibit little gloss. The ground-colour varies from 

 greyish white to a very pale green, and is densely mottled and 

 blotched with greenish brown and underlying pale lavender or 

 greenish grey. The markings are more or less confluent all over 

 the shell, and at the larger end they usually form a dense cap. 

 Some specimens are less densely marked than others, and occa- 

 sionally the blotches are fairly well-defined and distinct. Many 

 examples have a few blackish lines or dots at the larger end. Four 

 eggs, forming a clutch taken in Norfolk, are white, smudged with 

 pale grey. Specimens measure from -65 to -8 in length, and from 

 51 to -56 in breadth. 



5. Tatton Park, Cheshire (F. Nichol- Seebohm CoU. 



son : Hargitt Coll.}. 

 4. Norfolk, 24th June (F. Norgate). Seebohm Coll. 



6. Norfolk, 25th June (F. N.}. Seebohm Coll. 



4. Norfolk. Crowley Bequest. 



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

 5. Cambridgeshire. F. Bond, Esq. [P.I. 

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



4. Ely, Cambridge, 9th June ( 0. Salviri) . Salvin-Godman Coll. 



5. Ely, 10th June (O. &). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. Cambridge, 3rd June (O. &). Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 4. Cambridge, 3rd June (O. &). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Taplow, Berkshire, 24th May. Gould Coll. 



5. Cookham, Berkshire, June. Gould Coll. 



4. Middlesex, 3rd June (E. Bidwell $ Seebohm Coll. 



H. Seebohm). 



4. Middlesex, 3rd June (E. B. fy H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Middlesex, 3rd June (E. B. \ H. S.}. Seebohm Coll. 



3. Middlesex, 3rd June (E. B. Sf H. S.}. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Staines. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Faversham, Kent, June. H. Murton, Esq. [P.]. 



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



Coll.). 



4. Elbeuf (Noury : Hargitt CoU.}. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Elbeuf (Noury : Hargitt Coll.}. Seebohm Coll. 



