PASSERES — MUSCrCAPID.E 97 



Cettia cetti cetti (Temminck;. Cetti's Warhler. 



J 9 Above red brown, supcrcilium dull white ; beneath dull 

 white, brown on flanks, abdomen, and under tail coverts ; 

 axillarics pale grey brown with whitish tips. Bill dark brown, 

 paler below at base. Legs and feet brown. Wing (^ 58-66, 

 9 54-60 (W.). Tarsus 20-22. Bill 9-10. 



Resident. — S. Europe, from Spain and Portugal through S. 

 France to Balkans, Greece, S. Russia and Caucasus ; Sicily, 

 Sardinia, Corsica, Asia Minor ; also N.W. Africa, Morocco to 

 Tunisia. 



C. cetti cettioides Hume. Paler than typical form with little 

 or no brown on flanks. Wing ^ 70-72-5, 9 64-65 (H.). 



Resident. — S. Ural and Lower Volga and in W. Asia from 

 Persia to Turkestan. Recorded from India in winter. 



LUSCINIOLA. 



Graduated tail of 12 feathers; under tail coverts long; 

 bill fine, rictal bristles short and weak; ist primary longer 

 than coverts ; frequent reed-beds, very shy ; nest in reed 

 clump or small bush over water; eggs like Sedge Warblers' 

 but paler and more greenish grey. 



Lusciniola melanopogon melanopogon (Temminck). 

 MOUSTACHED Warbler. Ital. f^orapaglie castagnolo. 



$ 9 Above chestnut brown, with broad black striations on 

 back ; supercilium dull white ; beneath dull white, rusty on breast, 

 flanks and abdomen. 15ill dark brown, paler below at base. Legs 

 and feet dark brown. Wing ,^ 53-62, ? 52-59. Tarsus 19-22 (W.). 

 Vi'xW from gape 14-5-1 5-5. 



Breeds. — S.E. Spain, S.E. France, N. and C. Italy, Sicily, 

 Hungary, Lower Danube, Albania and Asia Minor. In winter 

 occurs Greece and Egypt. Rare Malta, Corsica, Sardinia. Once 

 occurred llritain. 



L. melanopogon mimica Madarasz. Above much greyer, 

 less chestnut, more olive brown ; flanks paler. Wing ^ 

 61-65.5 (H.). 



Breeds. — Ural and Volga Deltas to S.W. Asia. Occurs in 

 winter in N.W. India. 



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