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wing-coverts and rump paler, the latter therefore in sharper contrast to the 

 interscapular region. Wings : o 53, 53, 54'5 ; $ 52, 52'3, 53, 53, 54 mm. 



I name this form Anthoscopus pendulimis persimilis, subsp. nov. 



Type : S ad. Eregli, 8. v. 1908. P. Urmos leg. 



Tliis form differs from A. p. stoliczkae by its larger bill. It cannot bo the 

 bird called by Zarudny Reniiza macronyx londoni, as that is said to be a form 

 of macronyx. It seems that Zarudny separates the latter from the forms of 

 penduUnus by its stouter bill and stronger feet, because (though ea.sily separable 

 by colour alone in spring) in winter plumage penduUnus and macronyx are very 

 much ahke. Even if, as it seems to me, too much stress is laid on the massive- 

 ness of the feet and the shape of bill — the former being not always apparent in 

 a dry skin, the bill being sometimes very much ahke — this loudoni cannot be 

 my persimilis, because Zarudny says that it has more chestnut above the black 

 forehead. 



In menzhieri the chestnut band is also wider than in A. p. penduUnus, not 

 narrower ! 



We have therefore now the following possible palaearctic species and sub- 

 species of Anthoscopus : 



A. pendulinus penduUnus (L.). 



South Europe from Spain, Southern France, and Italy to GaUcia, Poland, 

 South Russia (Poltawa), Greece, and, judging from one specimen obtained by 

 Kriiper at Smyrna, westernmost Asia Minor. 



A. pendulinus caspius (Poelzam). 



Rivers and shores of Northern Caspian Sea, Volga and Ural Rivers, north 

 to Orenburg. 



A. pendulinus bostanjogli Zar. 



Description of two specimens from the Lower Ural River, wliich have the 

 appearance of hybrids between A. penduUnus and macronyx. 



A. pendulinus yeniseensis (Sushk). 

 Upper Yenissey. 



A. pendulinus ssaposhnikowi Johansen (? species). 



Karatal River, southern Balkash Lake, also obtained ( 2 May ! perhaps 

 still on migration) by Zarudny at Chardjui on the Amu-Darya (paradoxus = 

 ssaposhnikoud) . 



A. pendulinus jaxartensis (Sushk.). 

 Valley of the Syr-Darya. 



A. pendulinus stoUczkae (Hume). 



Eastern Turkestan to Dsungaria (Rivers Urungu, Bulugun, Bulun-tochoi) 

 and MongoMa (Urot), 



