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LOCUSTELLA FLUVIATILIS. 



(RIVER-WARBLER.) 



Sylvia fluviatilis, Wolf, Taschenb. deutsch. Vogelk. i. p. 229. 



Acrocephalus stagnatilis, J. A. Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. Nachtr. p. 202, taf. 26. fig. 23 



(1819). 

 Calamoherpe fluviatilis (Wolf), C. L. Brehm, Vog. Deutschl. p. 438 (1831). 

 Locustella fluviatilis (Wolf), Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 102 (1836). 

 Salicaria fluviatilis (Wolf), Keys. & Bias. Wirbelth. Eur. pp. liii & 180 (1840). 

 Lusciniopsis fluviatilis (Wolf), Bp. Cat. met. Ucc. Eur. p. 36. no. 152 (1842). 

 Locustella strepitans, C. L. Brehm, Vogelfang, p. 233 (1855). 

 Locustella looclzickii, C. L. Brehm, torn. cit. p. 234 (1855). 

 Calamodyta fluviatilis (Wolf), V. Miiller, J. f. Ora. 1855, p. 198. 



Lusciniopsis fluviatilis strepitans, A. E. Brehm, Verz. Samml. C. L. Brehm, p. 6 (1866). 

 Lusciniopsis fluviatilis alticeps, A. E. Brehm, ut supra. 

 Lusciniopsis fluviatilis macrorhynchos, A. E. Brehm, ut supra. 

 Lusciniopsis fluviatilis macroura, A. E. Brehm, ut supra. 

 Pseudoluscinia fluviatilis, Wolf, Tristram, Ibis, 1867, p. 77. 



Potamodus fluviatilis (Wolf), G. E. Gray, Hand-list of B. i. p. 210. no. 2971 (1869). 

 Threnetria fluviatilis (Wolf), E. Schauer, J. f. Orn. 1873, p. 161. 

 Locustella cicada, Hansmann, J. f. Orn. 1873, p. 432. 



Bee-fin riverain, French ; Fluss- Sanger, Rohrschirf, grosser Schwirl, German. 



Figures notabiles. 



Savigny, Descr. de l'Egypte, pi. xiii. fig. 3; J. A. Naumann, Vog. Deutschl. taf. 26. fig. 23 ; 

 J. F. Naumann, taf. 83. fig. 1 ; Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 102 ; Fritsch, Vog. Eur. taf. 18. fig. 1. 



<3 ad. corpore supra olivascenti-brunneo, cauda vix rufescente tincta : capitis lateribus pallidioribus, a rostro 

 per et infra oculos stria indistincte sordide cervina : corpore subtus albo, pectore et hypochondriis 

 pallide brunneo lavatis : gutture brunneo striato : subcaudalibus elongatis pallide brunneis, albido 

 marginatis : remigibus et rectricibus saturate brunneis : rostro bruimescenti-corneo, ad basin man- 

 dibulse sordide flavicante : pedibus sordide carneis : iride fusc^. 



5 ad. haud a mare distinguenda. 



Adult Male (Silesia). Upper parts uniform dark olive-brown, with a slight rufous tinge on the tail, sides 

 of the head rather paler; underparts white on the breast, and flanks washed with dull brown from the 

 base of the bill, passing through and behind the eye an indistinct light mark ; throat marked with dull 

 brown stripes, each feather having a dark centre, which is narrow towards the base, but increases in 

 width towards the tip of the feather ; these stripes become blurred on the lower throat, and gradually 



