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in the winter. On the 29th I went out on purpose to shoot 
some, but though three were seen, their skulking habits 
rendered it impossible to get them. I have nothing to add 
to the admirable account given by Captain Shelley, beyond 
confirming the accuracy of his observations. 
%80. REED WARBLER, Acrocephalus streperus (Vieillot) ; 
Salicaria arundinacea. 
On the 31st of March I shot two in a barley field at 
Silsilis, and the following week I saw a few more. We 
found it again in June among the reeds at Lake Faioum. 
81. SAvI’S WARBLER, Acrocephalus luscinoides (Savi). 
Single ones were seen between Siout and Girgeh in the 
luxuriant corn fields, but none were got. Captain Shelley’s 
account of their habits agrees exactly with my observations, 
He only brought home one specimen (Ibis, 1871, p. 132). 
82, SEDGE WARBLER, Acrocephalus schenobenus (Linn.) ; 
Salicaria phragmitis (Bech.). 
A few seen in the barley fields at Silsilis the first week in 
April, and others in ditches at Minieh the beginning of 
May. I did not shoot any there, but I brought home one 
example from Damietta. It is decidedly greyer than 
British ones, but this may be owing to winter plumage. 
83. MOUSTACHED WARBLER, Acrocephalus melanopogon 
(Tem.). 
I shot two or three at Damietta in the winter. It was 
met with nowhere else. 
