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Mr. H. E. Dressers Notes on 
Vertical range . Breeds and is found on passage in dis¬ 
trict 2. 
I need not transcribe Dr. Severtzoff s description of this 
bird (p. 131) ; as he sums the whole matter up in a note he 
has given me; in which he states that it is only “ a Uralo- 
Kirghis; north-eastern variety of Cettfs Warbler, which can¬ 
not well be made out from a written description; but appeared 
to be distinct by comparison with Spanish specimens in the 
Berlin Museum; collected by Herr A. von Homeyer/* This 
appears therefore to be a somewhat doubtful species. 
At page 132 Dr. Severtzoff describes; under the name of 
Cettia nigricans , what he now informs me is merely a small 
rather dark form of Locustella fluviatilis. I need not; there¬ 
fore; reproduce his detailed description; but only give the mea¬ 
surements as follows :—First primary equal in length to the 
coverts; 2nd quill longest; 3rd \ w shorter than the 2nd; 
4th 2 m shorter than the 2nd. Total length in skin 5 ,; 3 m , in 
flesh 5f S'", wing 2" 9"', tail 2 n } tarsus 9'", culmen 5 ,ff . The 
specimen in question flew on board a steamer near the eastern 
shore of the Caspian; on the 21st August; 1859; and was 
captured. 
164. Acrocephalus schgenob^nus (L.). 
Calamoherpe phragmitis, Severtzoff, p. 66. 
Horizontal range . Breeds and occurs on passage in dis¬ 
trict III. 
Vertical range. Breeds in district 1, and occurs on pas¬ 
sage in district 2. 
165. Locustella njevia (Bodd.). 
Acridiornis locustella, Severtzoff; p. 66. 
Horizontal range. Breeds in districts I., II.; and III. 
Vertical range. Breeds in districts 2, 3, and 4. 
166. Locustella lanceolata (Temm.). 
Acridiornis lanceolata ? (A. straminea, nob.); Severtzoff; 
p. 66. 
Horizontal range. Is found on passage; and possibly breeds; 
in districts I. and III. 
