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hopeless to look for them ; and those that I did obtain I had to 

 thank my dog for finding, though he spoilt one or two. They are 

 most easily to be got in the morning and evening, when the male 

 perches on a sallow bush or tall reed and sings his grasshopper- 

 like song, or rather whir. 



We only found them in one particular locality: in other 

 marshes, very similar in appearance, we failed to hear or see 

 them ; and they probably require a very large extent of sedge 

 (Cladium mariscus). 



The eggs are of a whitish ground-colour, marked all over with 

 minute spots of brown, thicker at the larger end, often forming 

 a well-marked zone. Sometimes the ground-colour is buff; but 

 there were only two or three of this hue. 



Savi's Warbler has been obtained near Seville by Ruiz, and 

 Arevalo records them on passage near Malaga. 



Above uniform russet-brown ; chin whitish ; underparts light brown. 

 Tail slightly cuneiform, indistinctly barred with dark brown. 



Legs and feet pale brown, the claws darker ; irides olive-brown ; lower 

 mandible dirty white, with dusky tip ; upper one blackish ; inside of mouth 

 of adult pale salmon-colour, that of young bright yellow. Length 6 

 inches. 



40. Lusciniola melanopog-on (Temminck). The Moustached 



Swamp-Warbler. 



Has been obtained near Malaga ; is common and breeds near 

 Valencia. Inhabits rushy and reedy swamps. 



Marked on back much as Sedge-Warbler : crown nearly black, broad 

 white eyebrow, and blackish stripe through eye. First primary half the 

 length of the second. Length 5j inches. 



41. Cettia cettii (Marmora). Cetti's Bush- Warbler. 



Favier states that " this Warbler is rare near Tangier, and 

 seen on passage in February and March, to return in October." 

 This, however, is quite different from my own observations. 

 They certainly are not rare in spring near Tangier, where, as 



