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jungle. These nests are constructed externally of strips of the 

 rind or peel of the dead Jfyilobium-stems interwoven with sallow- 

 cotton, the interior being composed of fine grass lined with the 

 same material. The usual number of eggs was four, of a pale 

 greenish colour, marked all over with ashy spots. One nest we 

 found contained a Cuckoo's egg. 



Upper parts olive-brown ; below pale buff ; both distinctly diffused with 

 rufous, most so on rump and upper tail-coverts ; legs and feet slaty brown. 

 Length 5^ inches. 



[Acroceplialus palustris (Bechstein). The Marsh-Warbler is said to 

 occur near Granada, but I have never seen a specimen : it nests in drier 

 places than the Keed-Warbler, though near water ; the song and eggs also 

 differ from those of that bird, which it resembles, except having the upper 

 parts olive-greenish without any rufous tinge ; legs and feet pale brown.] 



36. Acrocephalus phragmitis (Bechstein). The Sedge- 

 Warbler. 



Favier says this is a very rare species near Tangier, that he 

 seldom saw more than one or two on passage, in March or in 

 September. 



On the Spanish side I only noticed one in April 1894; but 

 this common English migratory bird is reported from Malaga 

 and Granada. 



Upper parts brown, each feather having a dark centre ; crown blackish 

 brown, streaked with lighter brown ; broad buffish-white eye-stripe. 



Young. More yellow ; a few dusky streaks on chest. Length 4|-5 

 inches. 



37. Acrocephalus aquations (J. F. Gmelin). The Aquatic 

 Warbler. 



This species, mentioned by Mr. Drake as having been met 

 with in Morocco, is found in Andalucia, breeding near Malaga ; 

 but I only saw it once near Gibraltar. Verner found a nest, in 



