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GENUS ACROCEPHALUS Naum. 
'L'h6 larg’Gi’ species, such, as that occurring in Celebes, are about equal in 
size to a Lark. The second primary is very long, reaching nearly to the tip 
of the wing, the first is very minute. Tail of 12 feathers, strongly rounded. 
Tarsus anteriorly scutellated with about 6 scales. Bill about as long as the 
head, with about 3 small subloral bristles, and the tomia notched near the tip. 
A northern genus, partial to reed-beds, ditches and corn-fields, of skulking 
habits, but noisy, migrating to warmer climates in winter. 
215. ACROCEPHALUS ORIENTALIS (Temm. Schl.). 
Eastern Great Reed-warbler. 
a. [Calamoherpe limnorica Temm. in Mus. Leyd. fide W. Bias.]. 
b. Salicaria turdina orientalis (I) Temm. & Sclil., Faun. Jap. Aves 1845—50, 50, t. 21B. 
c. Calamoherpe orientalis (1) Bp., Oonsp. 1850, I, 285; (2) Blak., Ibis 1862, 317; (3) 
Swinh., ib. 1863, 305; (4) Tacz., J. f. 0. 1874, 319, 334; (5) id., ib. 1875, 245; 
1876, 194; (6) Blak. & Preyer, Ibis 1878, 237. 
Acrocephalus orientalis (1) Gray, P. Z. S. 1860, 349; (2) Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1872, YIII, 64; 
(3) Salvad., Oat. Ucc. Borneo 1874, 251; (4) Oates, Str. P. 1875, m, 337; (5) 
Wald., Tr. Z. S. 1875, IX, 195; (6) Sharpe, Ibis 1876, 41; (7) id., ib. 1877, 16; 
(8j Brooks, t. c. 397; (9) Sharpe, P. Z. S. 1879, 338; (10) id.. Ibis 1879, 255; 
(11) Seeb., Oat. B., V, 1881, 97; (12) R. G. W. Rams., Tweedd. Orn. Works 
1881, 657; (13) A. Miill., J. f. 0. 1882, 362, 440; (14) Oates, B. Brit. Burmah 
1883, I, 93; (15) Seeb., Brit. B. I, 1883, 365; (16) id.. Ibis 1884, 261; (17) W. Bias., 
Ztschr. ges. Om. 1886, 102; (18) Sty an. Ibis 1887, 219; ffs; W. Bias., Ornis 1888, 
314; (20) id.. Ibis 1888, 374; (21) Sharpe, Ibis 1889, 266; (22) Ksivtert, J. f. 0. 
1889, 349; (23) Oates, Faun. B. Ind., B., I, 1889, 357; (24) Everett, P. Z. S. 
1889, 224; (25) id., J. Str. Br. R. A. S. 1889, 97; (26) Steere, List B. and M. 
Phihpp. Is. 1890, 20; (27) Seeb., B. Japan Emp. 1890, 71; ('SSJ Whitehead, Ibis 
1890, 49; (29) Sharpe, t. c. 276; (30) Styan, Ibis 1891, 321, 340; (31) De La 
Touche, Ibis 1892, 416; (32) Seeb., Ibis 1893, 48; (33) Biittik., Zook Erg. 
Weber’s Reise Ost-Ind. 1893, III, 277; (34) Bourns & Worces., B. Menage Exp. 
1894, 39; (35) Grant, Ibis 1895, 443; (36) M. & Wg., Abb. Mus. Dresd. 1895, 
Nr. 8, p. 13. 
d. Calamodyta orientalis (1) Gray, HL. I, 1869, 207, Nr. 2919, (2) Swinh., P. Z. S. 1871, 
352; (3) id.. Ibis 1874, 153, 437; (3^^^) Salvad., Ann. Mus. Oiv. Gen. YH, 1875, 
663; (4) David & Oust., Ois. Ohine 1877, 252; (5) Prjev., Rowl. Orn. Misc. II, 
1877 169; (6) Bolau, J. f. 0. 1880, 115; (7) Salvad., Orn. Pap. II, 1880, 425, 
Agg.' 1890, 138; (8) Yorderm., N. T. Ned. Ind. 1884, XLm, 96; (9) Deditius, 
J. f. O. 1886, 538; (10) Dorries, J. f. O. 1888, 67. 
e. Calamoherpe turdoides orientalis (1) Tacz., Faune Orn. Siberie Orient. 1891, 234. 
/: ? Acrocephalus australis (1) Wall, (nec Gld.?), P. Z. S. 1863, 25 (Buru); (2) Seeb., Oat. 
B. Y, too, pt. (Lombok). 
g. 1 Calamodyta australis pt. (1) Salvad., Orn. Pap. 11, 1881, 426, Agg. 1890, 138. 
For further synonymy cf. Salvador! d 7; Seebohm 11. 
Figure and descriptions. Temminck & Schlegel b I] Oates 4, 14, 23', David & Oust. 
Meyev & Wigleswortli, Birds of Celcljes (Nov. 13th, 1897). (jg 
