154 Commander H. Lynes on a 



concerniug tlie two species could be acquired. The ReecL 

 Warbler was breeding abundantly in Sicily (fresh eggs from 

 30tli May onwards) and migrated in fair numbers through 

 Egyptj a few stopping to winter; the Marsh-Warbler also 

 migrated through Egypt, two specimens having been obtained 

 at Port Said on 6th September and 27th October. 



ACROCEPHALUS SCIICENOB/ENUS (L.) . 



Eyijpt. — The Sedge-Warbler was an abundant migrant. 

 The passage commenced in the last week of August, and in- 

 creased steadily from week to week until its maximum was 

 reached at the end of September, when Sedge- Warblers 

 might be flushed from almost every other bush. The passage 

 then decreaserl, and by November had become merely the 

 chance arrival of a stray bird now and again, a state of 

 things that lasted until 9tli December, after which the 

 species was not seen. On the 17th September, at 5 p.m., 

 a young male Sedge-Warbler with a large caked lump of 

 mud on its leg, possibly the cause of its exhaustion, came on 

 board the ship at sea between Damietta and Port Said, and 

 ■was captured. The late date of the close of the migration 

 suggests that some individuals winter in Egypt. 



Crete. — Migrant only. First seen 27tli March, when the 

 birds were plentiful. 



Lernnos. — Abundant on migration, 22nd August. 



Malta. — Migrant only. Still a few on passage, 5th and 

 6th May. 



Hypolais polyglotta (Vieill.). 



The Melodious Warbler was met with breeding plentifully 

 near Algeciras between 23rd June and 5th July. Fresh eggs 

 and young lately out of the nest were found. Although it 

 likes to breed near water, this is by no means a necessity. 



Hypolais pallida pallida (H. & E.). 



At Port Said the first Pallid Warbler was seen on 20th 

 September, after which one or two occurred now and again 

 untd 20th October, which is the last record. All were in 

 moult, the last specimen having only one tail-feather. These 



