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Vertical range. Breeds and is found on passage in dis- 
trict 2. 
I need not transcribe Dr. Severtzoff’s description of this 
bird (p. 181), 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 Cetti’s 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 182 Dr. Severtzoff describes, under the name of 
Cettia nigricans, what he now informs me is merely a small 
rather dark form of Locustella fluviatilis. Ineed 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 3! shorter than the 2nd, 
4th 2 shorter than the 2nd. Total length in skin 5" 3!", in 
flesh 5" 8", wing 2! 9!", tail 2", tarsus 9!", culmen 5!’, 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 SCH@NOBENUS (L.). 
Calamoherpe phragmitis, Severtzoff, p. 66. 
Horizontal range. Breeds and occurs on passage in dis- 
fiche Ll. 
Vertical range. Breeds in district 1, and occurs on pas- 
sage in district 2. 
165. LocustELLa Na&via (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. LocustTELua LANCEOLATA (Temm.). 
Acridiornis lanceolata? (A. straminea, nob.), Severtzoff, 
p. 66. 
Horizontal range. Is found on passage, and possibly breeds, 
in districts I. and IIT. 




