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26. Acrocephalus streperus (V.); Seebohm, t. c . p. 102; 
Blanf. t. c. p. 196. 
A carbolized specimen. 
27. Acrocephalus palustris (Bechst.) ; Seebohm, t. c. 
p. 101; Blanf. t. c. p. 197. 
[No. 43. Migratory; seen in March and April. The one 
in your possession was shot on the 18th of March, 1884.] 
28. Turdus musicus, L.; Seebohm, t. c. p. 191; Blanf. 
t. c. p. 156. 
No. 46. An adult specimen. 
[Migratory. Only one specimen, shot in March 1884.] 
29. Erithacus Philomela (Bechst.); Seebohm, t. c. 
p. 295. 
No. 82. Three specimens. 
[Arriving in autumn and staying till spring. 
I have shot them in October and January, and one was 
found dead in a small date-tree on the 8th of May, 1884.] 
30. Erithacus gutturalis (Guerin) ; Seebohm, t. c . 
p. 304. 
No. 71. Male and female. 
[Migratory; seen from March to June, generally in pairs.] 
31. Erithacus cyaneculus (Wolf); Seebohm, t. c. p. 311. 
No. 59. An adult male. 
[Migratory, arriving in March; seen throughout April up 
to the middle of May. Generally in pairs.] 
32. Monticola saxatilis (L.) ; Seebohm, t. c. p. 313; 
Blanf. t. c. p. 156. 
No. 61. Adult male; No. 73. Adult female. 
[Migratory, arriving in April and staying till May. 
No. 61 was shot on the 2nd of April, 1884, at Dora, about 
twenty miles above Fao. 
No. 73 was shot on the 25th of the same month at Fao.] 
33. Ruticilla mesoleuca (H. & E.); Seebohm, t. c. 
p. 338. 
No. 16. An adult male in breeding-plumage. This is a 
