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while hovering, Kestrel-like, in the air. At other times the 
males, and on all occasions the females, are hard to find, as 
they are fond of creeping about in the thickest parts of the 
bushes. 
99. Sylvia CURRUCA (L.). 
Generally distributed, but most numerous in the mountains, 
where it was first observed April 3rd. 
100. Sylvia rufa (Bodd.). 
Barely met with in the central districts, and never seen in 
mountains. 
101. Sylvia ATRicAPiLLA (L.). 
Rare. A female was obtained at Gozna, Dec. 18th, and a 
male at Giaour-keui, April 27th. 
102. Phylloscopus- collybita (Vieillot). 
Not uncommon in the mountain-woods. 
103. Phylloscopus trochilus (L.). 
Common at Anascha, where it arrived about the middle 
of March, 
104. Phylloscopus bonellii (Vieillot). 
Common among the oak- and fir-woods at Anascha. The 
first specimen was shot March 21st. 
105. Hypolais pallida, Ehr. 
Not uncommon in the interior. 
106. Hypolais icterina (Vieillot). 
Occasionally met with in the central districts. 
107. Acrocephalus arundinaceus (L.). 
Common in the marshes near Kaisariyeh. 
108. Acrocephalus streperus (Vieillot). 
Not rare by brook-sides in the north near Mersivan. 
109. Bradypterus cetti (La Marm.). 
First met with at Bereketlii, at the foot of the Ala dagh, 
and afterwards found common in the bush-country of the 
interior. It frequents the banks of small streams, secreting 
itself in the thickest of the bushes. A series obtained shows 
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