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Mr. H. E. Dresser’s Notes on 
149. Salicaria capistrata, Severtzoff, pp. 66, 127. 
Horizontal range. Breeds in district III. 
Vertical range. Breeds in district 2. 
At page 127 Severtzoff describes this bird as follows :— 
“ Salicaria capistrata, nob. Bill thin, with three bristles 
on each side at the base; tail rounded, tail-feathers narrow, 
the three outer rectrices shortened; wings short, 4th quill 
the longest, 3=5, 2=8, the 1st short, being equal to the 
coverts; entire upper parts olive-brown; eyebrows pure white; 
crown blackish brown; quills and larger coverts greyish 
brown, with lighter edges; throat white; underparts yellowish. 
Total length (of a skin) 5" l w , wing 2" 2^ m , tail 2" 2"', cul- 
men 4 W . It is found in Turkestan and on the eastern shores 
of the Caspian.” 
150. Acrocephalxjs dumetorum (Blyth). 
Salicaria magnirostris , Lilj.; Severtzoff, p. 127. 
This species, which Severtzoff at page 66 includes under the 
name of Salicaria palustris, with a note of interrogation, he 
describes at page 127, from a specimen obtained at Kara- 
burgaza on the 23rd May, as follows :—“ First primary equal¬ 
ing the wing-coverts in length, 3=4>5>2>6. Total length 
5 W 3 W , wing 2" 3"', tail 2" l% ,n , culmen 5 ,,f . Colour as usual.” 
He further describes (p. 128) a bird which he now informs 
me he believes to be true Acrocephaluspalustris, as follows :— 
“ Salicaria turcomana, nob. $ in fresh plumage from the 
eastern part of the Caspian. Upper parts brown, shaded 
with yellow, cheeks and sides of the neck lighter; eyebrows 
indistinct; underparts light yellowish white; throat pure 
white ; quills and tail brown, as in the preceding species, but 
the wings are longer, and the arrangement of the primaries 
is different. First quill equal in length to the coverts, 3rd 
longest, 2 = 4 > 5 > 6. One killed on the 18th July near Kras- 
novodsk Bay measures as follows :—Total length 5 rr 2 ,n , wing 
2" 6 nl , tail V 1 9 m , culmen 5 W , tarsus 8 W .” 
151. Salicaria macronyx, Severtzoff, pp. 66, 128. 
Horizontal range. Breeds in district III. 
Vertical range. Breeds in district 1. 
