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ACROCEPHALUS AQUATICUS. 



(AQUATIC WARBLER.) 



Sylvia schoenobaenus, Scop. Ann. T. Hist. Nat. p. 158. no. 235 (1769, nee Linn.). 



Motacilla aquatica, Gmel. Syst. Nat. i. p. 953 (1788). 



Sylvia aquatica (Gm.), Lath. Ind. Orn. ii. p. 510 (1790). 



Sylvia salicaria, Bechst. Gemeinn. Naturg. Deutschl. ii. p. 625 (1807, nee Linn.). 



Acrocephalus salicarius, J. A. & J. F. Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. Nachtr. Heft iv. p. 203 (1811. 



nee Linn.). 

 Muscipeta salicaria, Koch, Baier. Zool. i. p. 164 (1816, nee Linn.). 

 Sylvia paludi cola, Vieill. Nouv. Diet. xi. p. 202 (1817). 

 Sylvia cariceti, J. F. Naum. Isis, 1821, p. 785. 

 Calamoherpe aquatica (Gm.), Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 552. 

 Sylvia striata, C. L. Brehm, Lehrb. Naturg. i. p. 365 (1823). 

 Salicaria aquatica (Gm.), Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 111. fig. 2 (1837). 

 Calamodyta cariceti (Naum.), Bp. Comp. List, p. 12 (1838). 

 Calamodyta schcenobwnus, Bp. op. cit. p. 12 (1838, nee Linn.). 

 Calamodyta aquatica (Gm.), Bp. Cat. Metod. Ucc. Eur. p. 35 (1842). 

 Calamodus salicarius, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. 39 (1850, nee Linn.). 



Bee-fin aquatique, French ; Pagliarolo, Italian ; Seggen-Bohsanger, Binsen-Bohrsanger. 

 German ; Vandsanger, Danish. 



Figure notabiles. 



Werner, Atlas, Insectivores, pi. 26 ; Kjserb. Orn. Dan. taf. 22 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 18. 

 figs. 2 & 19 ; Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 82. figs. 2, 3, 4, 5 ; Sundevall, Svensk. Fogl. 

 pi. 68. fig. 3; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 111. fig. 2; id. B. of G. Brit. ii. pi. 76. 



cj ad. fronte rufescenti-cervina, pileo nigro-fusco, stria superciliari utrinque et stria ceutrali cervino-albis : 

 corpore suprk griseo-cervino vis ochraceo tincto, plumis centraliter saturate fusco notatis : uropygio et 

 supracaudalibus rufescente ochraceo lavatis : remigibus et rectricibus fuscis pallidiore marginatis, secun- 

 dariis intimis nigro-fuscis cervino-albido marginatis : capitis et colli lateribus colloque postico griseo- 

 cervinis fusco striatis : corpore subtiis albo vix cervino tincto, gutture imo et hypochondriis fusco 

 striatis, subcaudalibus cervino lavatis : rostro fusco, ad basin mandibular flavicante : pedibus pallide 

 fiavo-fuscis : iride fusca. 



Juv. adulto similis sed ubique rufescente ochraceo lavato^ remigibus et rectricibus eodem colore marginatis, 

 corpore subtiis ochraceo-cervino fere immaculate, mento albo. 



Adult Male (Karabolska, 24th July). Crown blackish brown, forehead reddish buff; on each side of the 

 crown a broad buffy white stripe passes over the eyes and ear-coverts ; and a median stripe of the same 

 colour extends from the forehead to the back of the head ; upper parts greyish buff with a slight 



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