502 Mr. H. F. Witherby on Birds from the 
Hypolais pallida (H. & E.). [B. 187. W. 1903, p. 541; 
1907, p. 88.] 
S • May 6, Elburz Mts. (near Tehran, alt. 6500 ft.). 
Acrocephalus arundinaceus zarudnyi Hartert, Bull. 
B. O. C. xxi. p. 26. 
S (wing 96 mm.); $ (wing 98 mm.); £ (wing 99 mm.); 
? (wing 96 mm.); May 20, S. coast, Caspian Sea. 
“Very common in May in the dense reed-beds/”— 
R. B. W. 
These are undoubtedly breeding birds. Compared to 
the typical western form they are paler and less rufous on 
the upper and less buff on the under side. The bird obtained 
by Mr. Woosnam at Ahwaz [cf. Ibis, 1907, p. 88) in Persian 
Mesopotamia is, however, of the western form. 
Acrocephalus palustris (Bechst.). [B. 197. W. 1903, 
p. 543; 1907, p. 88.] 
£. May 15, Elburz Mts. (near Resht, alt. 500 ft.). 
Acrocephalus schcenob^enus (L.). [B. 199.] 
Four specimens from the S. coast of the Caspian Sea, from 
May 16 to 20. 
Blanford quotes Menetries as the only authority for the 
occurrence of the Sedge-War bier in Persia. Mr. Woosnam 
has no notes as to whether this and the preceding species 
were likely to be breeding. Mr. Cumming thought that the 
bird was a resident at Fao (rf. Ibis, 1886, p. 481). 
Cettia cetti (Marm.). [B. 200. W. 1903, p. 536; 
1907, p. 88.] 
$. March 18, S. coast, Caspian Sea. 
May 4, Elburz Mts. (north side, alt. 8000 ft.). 
“I heard CettPs Warbler once or twice about the middle 
of March among swampy thorn-thickets and reeds, and 
often high up among the mountains, where it was always in 
the course of some stream.”—R. B. W. 
The specimen of March 18 is moulting its contour feathers 
but not the quill feathers of the wings or tail. 
