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

 3. Malaga, Spain, 19th May. Seebohm Coll. 



5. Malaga (//. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Malaga, 5th June (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga, 10th June (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



3. Malaga, 15th June (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga, 20th June (H. S.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Malaga. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Anclam, Pomerania, 13th May. L. Field, Esq. 



6. Anclam, 5th June. L. Field, Esq. 



4. Algiers, May ( Tristram Coll.}. Crowley Bequest. 



4. Lake Halloula, Algeria, June Crowley Bequest. 

 (Tristram Coll.). 



1. Zana, Algeria, llth June (Tristram Crowley Bequest. 



Coll.). 



2. Zana, 12th June (Tristram Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Acrocephalus dumetorum (Blyih). 

 (Plate IX. figs. 1 & 4.) 



Acrocephalus dumetorum, Anderson, Stray Feath. iii. p. 351 (1875) ; 

 Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 561 (1876) ; Legge, Birds Ceylon, p. 545 

 (1879) ; Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 104 (1881) ; Oates, Fauna 

 Brit. 2nd., Birds, i. p. 359 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests $ Eggs 2nd. 

 Birds, i. p. 226 (1889); Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 33 (1899); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 188 (1903). 



The eggs of Blyth's Reed-Warbler vary remarkably, and are of 

 three distinct types. 



Eggs taken by Capt. Hutton agree well with those described by 

 Anderson (I. c.}. They are of a blunt oval shape, slightly glossy, 

 and of a white colour, speckled with rufous. They measure respec- 

 tively : -65 by -53 ; -64 by -52 ; -64 by -51. 



Those of a second type are of a somewhat pointed oval shape, 

 moderately glossy, and of a pale pink colour, mottled and blotched 

 with lilac or brownish pink. 



Those of a third type are of a pointed oval shape, moderately 

 glossy, and of a greyish-white colour, mottled and blotched in the 

 same manner as in the second type, but with lavender, pale brown, 

 and umber-brown, and occasionally marked with a few darker, 

 almost black, specks. 



Examples of the second and third types measure from *64 to *77 

 in length, and from *5 to *55 in breadth. 



3. Jerripani, Himalayas, 6th May Hume Coll. 



(T. Hutton). 



4. Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, 25th June Seebohm Coll. 



(Kibort). 



5. Altai Mountains (Tancre Coll.}. Seebohm Coll. 

 3. Altai Mountains (Tancre Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



2. Altai Mountains. Crowley Bequest. 



1. Altai Mountains (Nehrkorn Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



