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which date until October 4 they were to be seen everywhere, 

 while a last strong contingent arrived on October 13. Isolated 

 specimens were seen until November 11, when the weather 

 was already damp and chilly. In the following year I 

 observed only one spring rush on April 28, and the migration 

 seemed to be on a smaller scale. 



23. Phylloscopus sibilatrix (Bechst.). Wood-Wren. 



I shot one on April 30, 1903, and observed a pair on 

 October 13 of the same year. 



24. Phylloscopus rufus (Bechst.). Chiffchaff. 

 Arrives about March 15, but is only occasionally seen till 



April 10-15. None appear to remain after the end of April, 

 but during the third week in October there is a large south- 

 ward migration, which lasts till nearly the end of November. 

 Isolated specimens may be seen in sheltered spots in the first 

 week of December. 



25. Acrocephalus streperus (Vieill.). Reed-Warbler. 

 Abundant in the Kara Su marshes in summer. 



26. Acrocephalus palustris (Bechst.). Marsh- Warbler. 

 Abundant in the cornfields and swampy meadows, at the 



edge of which it builds its nest among hemlock, nettles, 

 and other rank herbage. In 1903 I first noticed its 

 presence on May 17, and in 1904 on May 29; but in 1905 

 I discovered a nest with four eggs on May 21. The breeding 

 birds sit very close, and may sometimes be captured with the 

 hand. 



27. Acrocephalus phragmitis (Bechst.). Sedge- Warbler. 

 Abundant in summer in the wet pastures on the fringe of 



the Kara Su swamp. 



28. Accentor mouularis (L.). Hedge-Sparrow. 



On the 3rd and 14th of November, 1903, I observed a 

 single specimen in the kitchen-gardens. In the following 

 year a Hedge-Sparrow haunted a sheltered spot near the 

 town from the 13th to the 16th of March, and on the latter 

 date I came across another in a different locality. 



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