ACKOOEPHALTJS, 187 



Acrocephalus agricola (Jerd.). 



Acrocephalus agricolus, Dresser, Birds Eur. ii. p. 659 (1876). 

 Acroceplialus agricola, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 105 (1881) ; 



Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 359 (1889) ; id. ed. Sume, Nests 



8r Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 229 (1889) ; WiUon, Journ. Bomb. Nat. Hist. 



Soc. xii. p. 635 (1899) ; Nehrk. Kai. Eiersamml. p. 33 (1899) ; Sharpe, 



Jan«. IV. p. 189 (1903). 



The eggs of the Paddy-field Eeed-Warbler are of a regular oval 

 form and moderately glossy. They are of a dull greenish-grey 

 colour, blotched aU over with greenish brown and pale grey, and 

 with a few blackish specks at the broader end. They are hardly 

 separable from some of the eggs of A. streperus. They measure 

 from "65 to 'BS in length, and from '5 to -52 in breadth. 



5. Kirghiz Steppes, July (Senhe). Seebohm CoU. 



1. Turkestan (Nehrkom Coll.). Crowley Bequest. 



Acrocephalus bseticatus {Vieill.). 



Oalamoherpe rufescens, Ayres, Ibis, 1869, p. 291. 



Acrocephalus basticatus, Sharpe, ed. LayarWs Birds S. Africa, p. 290 

 (1875-84); Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 106 (1881) ; Nehrh. 

 Kat. Eiersamml. p. 33 (1899) ; Stark Sr Sclater, Fauna 8. Africa, 

 Birds, ii. p. 91 (1901) ; Sharpe, Sand-l. iv. p. 189 (1903). 



The eggs of the South-African Eeed-Warbler resemble those o 

 A. streperus. They measure from '68 to '73 in length, and from 

 ■48 to '54 in breadth. 



2. South Africa. W. Radcliffe Saunders, Esq. 



[P.]. 



1. Potchefetroom,Traiisvaal, 5thDec. Seebohm Coll. 



{T. Ayres). 

 10. Potchefstroom (2". A. .- Tristram Crowley Bequest. 

 Coll.). 



2. East Africa, 12th Feb. Crowley Bequest. 



Acrocephalus syriux (Kittl.). 



(Plate IX. figs. 6 & 7.) 



Acrocephalus syrinx, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 100 (1881) ; 

 Nehrk. Kat. Eiersamml. p. 33 (1899) ; Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 189 

 (1903). 



The eggs of Kittlitz's Great Eeed-Warbler only differ from 

 those of A. turdoides in having the ground-colour greyish white. 

 Three examples measure respectively ; -88 by "6 ; '86 by •Q2 ; 

 •83 by -6. 



1. Caroline Islands. Crowley Bequest. 



2. Ruk Island, Caroline Group, Crowley Bequest. 



19th May (^Tring Mus.). 



