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63); Salvin, Ibis, 1859, p. 305; Tristram, Ibis, 1859, p. 418; 



Saunders, Ibis, 1871, p. 215. 

 Salicaria arundinacea, Hewitson, Eggs of Brit. Birds, i. p. 122, pi. xxxii. 



figs, iii & iv (1856). 

 Acrocephalus arundinaceus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 579 (1878). 

 Acrooephalua turdoides, Seehohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 95 (1881) ; id. 



Brit. Birds,i.^. 361, pi. 10 (1883); id. Epgs of Brit. Birds,i.^. 196, 



pi. 52. fig. 7 (1896) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iy. p. 187 (1903). 



The eggs of the European Great Eeed-Warbler are of a blunt oval 

 shape and moderately glossy. They are of different shades of pale 

 blue or bluish green, boldly blotched and spotted with olive-brown, 

 deep umber-brown, approaching black, and lavender. The markings 

 are frequently confluent at the broad end, and form an irregular cap. 



Two examples from Germany are of remarkable coloration, the 

 pointed half of the egg being greyish white, followed by a belt of 

 light olive occupying the third quarter. The remainder of the egg 

 is covered by a cap of dark olive-brown spotted with umber-brown. 



Specimens measure from "75 to 1 in length, and from "6 to "7 in 

 breadth. 



2. 



3. 



5. 

 6. 



4. 

 2. 

 2. 

 4. 

 5. 

 3. 

 6. 

 3. 

 4. 

 3. 

 4. 

 4. 

 4. 

 2. 



7. 

 5. 

 4. 

 3. 

 3. 

 2. 

 4. 

 3. 

 2 



Louviers, Eure, France {Noury : 

 Hargitt Coll.). 



Louviers, 6th June (Noury : Har- 

 gitt Coll.). 



Louviers (Noury : Sargitt Coll.). 



Andalusia, Spain. 



Seville, Spain, 18th May (H. 

 Saunders) . 



Malaga, Spain, 30th June (S. S.). 



Holland, 17th May. 



Holland. 



Valktaswaard, Holland. 



Brunswick, 29th June (Dr. B. Blasius) . 



Pomerania {T. Kruper). 



Pomerania (7". Holland). 



Pomerania. 



Anclam, Pomerania. 



Halle-a.-S. 



Halle. 



Saxony. 



Cilli, Styria (E. Seidensacher). 



Lake Halloula, Algeria, June (H. 

 B. Tristram). 



Zana, Algeria, June {H. B. T.). 



Astrakhan {Henhe). 



Zana, Algeria, June (O. Salvin). 



Zana, June (O. S.). 



Zana, 6th June (O. S.). 



Zana, 6th June (O. &). 



Zana, 11th June (O. S.). 



Zana, 18th June (0. S.). 



Zana, 15th June (0. S.). 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Lord Lilford [P.]. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Seebohm CoU. 

 Seebohm CoU. 

 Seebohm CoU. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 L. Field, Esq. 

 L. Field, Esq. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm CoU. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 Salvin-Godman CoU. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 



