Birds of Celebes: Sylviidae. 52 ^ 



GENUS ACROCEPHALUS Naum. 



The larger species, such as that occurring in Celebes, are about equal in 

 size to a Lark. The second jirimary is very long, reaching nearly to the tip 

 of the wing, the first is very minute. Tail of 12 feathers, strongly rounded. 

 Tarsus anteriorly scutellated with about 6 scales. Bill about as long as the 

 head, with about 3 small subloral bristles, and the tomia notched near the tip. 



A northern genus, partial to reed-beds, ditches and corn-fields, of skulking 

 habits, but noisy, migrating to warmer climates in winter. 



+ 215. ACROCEPHALUS ORIENTALIS (Temm. Schl.). 



Eastern Great Reed-warbler. 



a. [Calamoherpe limnorica Temm. in Mus. Leyd. fide W. Bias.]. 



/;. Saliearia turdina orientalis {I] Temm. & Schl., Faun. Jap. Aves 1845—50, 50, t. 21 B. 



c. Calamoherpe orientalis (1) Bp., Consp. 1850, I, 285; (2) Blak., Iljis 1862, 317; {3) 



Swinh., ib. 1863, 305; (4) Tacz., J. f. 0. 1874, 319, 334; (5) id., ib. 1875, 245; 



1876, 194; {6} Blak. & Preyer, ftis 1878, 237. 



Acrocephalus orientalis (1) Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, 349; {2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, "STU, 64; 

 {3} Salvad., Cat. Ucc. Borneo 1874, 251; (4) Gates, Str. F. 1875, m, 337; (5) 

 Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1875, IX, 195; {6] Sharpe, Ibis 1876, 41; {7} id., ib. 1877, 16; 

 {8) Brooks, t. c. 397; (9) Sliarpe, P. Z. S. 1879, 338; (10) id.. Ibis 1879, 255; 

 (U) Seeb., Cat. B., V, 1881, 97; {12} R. G. W. Rams., Tweedd. Orn. Works 

 1881, 657; (13) A. Miill., J. f. O. 1882, 362, 440; {U) Gates, B. Brit. Bm-mali 

 1883, I, 93; {15) Seeb., Brit. B. I, 1883, 365; {16} id., Ibis 1884, 261; {1") W. Bias., 

 Ztschr. ges. Grn. 1886, 102; {18) Styan, Ibis 1887, 219; {19) W. Bias., Grnis 1888, 

 314; {20) id.. Ibis 1888, 374; {21) Sharpe, Ibis 1889, 266; ('22; Hartert, J. f. 0. 

 1889, 349; {23) Gates, Faun. B. Ind., B., I, 1889, 357; {24) Everett, P. Z. S. 



1889, 224; {25) id., J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 97; {26) Steere, List B. and M. 

 PhiKpp. Is. 1890, 20; {21) Seeb., B. Japan Emp. 1890, 71; (^28; Whitehead, Ibis 



1890, 49; {29) Sharpe, t. c. 276; {30) Styan, Ibis 1891, 321, 340; {31) De La 

 Touche, Ibis 1S92, 416; {32) Seeb., Ibis 1893, 48; {33) Biittik., Zool. Erg. 

 Weber's Reise Ost-Ind. 1893, m, 277; {34) Bourns & Worces., B. Menage Exp. 

 1894, 39; {35) Grant, Ibis 1895, 443; {36) M. & Wg., Abh. Mus. Dresd. ^895, 

 Nr. 8, p. 13. 



d. Calamodyta orientalis {1) Gray, HL. I, 1869, 207, Nr. 2919; {2) Swinh., P. Z. S. 1871, 



352; {3) id.. Ibis 1874, 153, 437; ('S^V Salvad., Ann. Mus. Civ. Gen. VII, 1875, 

 663; {4) David & Gust., Gis. Chine 1877, 252; {5} Prjev., Rowl. Grn. Misc. H, 



1877, 169; {6) Bolau, J. f. G. 1880, 115; {!) Salvad., Grn. Pap. H, 1880, 425, 

 Agg. 1890, 138; {8) Vorderm., K T. Ned. Lid. 1884, XLHI, 96; {9) Deditius, 

 J. f. G. 1886, 538; {10) Dorries, J. f. O. 1888, 67. 



e. Calamoherpe turdoides orientalis {!) Tacz., Faune Grn. Siberie Grient. 1891, 234. 



/: ? Acrocephalus australis {1) Wall, (nee Gld.?), P. Z. S. 1863, 25 (Bum); {2) Seeb., Cat. 



B. V, 100, pt. (Lombok). 

 (/. ? Calamodyta australis pt. {1) Salvad., Grn. Pap. 11, 1881, 426, Agg. 1890, 138. 



For further synonymy cf. Salvadori d 7; Seebohm 11. 



Figure and descriptions. Temminck & Schlegel h I; Gates 4, 14, 23; David & Gust. 



Meyer & Wi nl es worth , Birds of Celeljes INoy. lijtli, 1S97). (JQ 



