18 TtJEDID^. 



In the adult male in spring plumage the general colour of the 

 upper parts is pale slate-grej', more or less suffused with brown on 

 the back, lores, aud ear-coverts ; eye-stripe almost obsolete ; inner- 

 most secondaries with paler edges ; wings and tail bi'own on out- 

 side feathers. Uuderparts white on the chin, throat, centre of belly, 

 and under tail-coverts, shading into very pale brown on the breast 

 and flanks ; axillaries and under wing-coverts white ; inner margin 

 of quills pale huffish grey. Bill of typical shape, dark bluish grey, 

 the under mandible pale at the base ; rictal bristles few and 

 slender. Wing with the third and fourth primaries nearly equal and 

 longest ; second primary generally intermediate in length between 

 the fifth and sixth, in very rare instances between the sixth and 

 seventh ; bastard primary extending beyond the primarj'-coverts 

 from 0"03 to 0'2 inch. Tail shorter than the wing ; the outside 

 feathers 0'15 to 0"2 inch shorter than the longest. Legs, feet, and 

 claws bluish grey. Length of wing 2-65 to 2-45 inches, tail 2"4 to 

 2-2, culmen 0-51 to 0-44, tarsus 0-76. 



The ftmale scared}' differs from the male, but ha^ not even the 

 rudiments of an eye-stripe. After the autumn moult the breast and 

 flanks are somewhat more suffused with broAvn. Birds of the year 

 have the upper parts more sufl'used with brown, and the pale brown of 

 the underparts extends to the under tail-coverts. The bill and legs are 

 also somewhat paler. After the first autumn moult the back is greyer. 



The European form of the Lesser Whitethroat, or Lesser White- 

 throated "\\'arbler, breeds throughout Europe, extending northwards 

 beyond the Arctic Circle almost to the limit of forest growth, aud 

 southwards to the Mediterranean. It winters in the southern por- 

 tion of North Africa (Nubia, Abyssinia, &c.). Occasionally examples 

 from Siberia and India agree in wing-formula &.c. with the European 

 form. Examples ftom Egypt, Palestine, and Asia Minor agree 

 in colour and size with small sjiecimens of the Himalayan form. 



«, h. Ad. sk. South England. F. Godman and 0. Salvin, 



Esqrs. [P.]. 



c. Ad. st. Near London. W. Yarrell, Esq. [P.]. 



d. Ad. sk. Surbiton, Surrey, Aug. Dr. A. Giinther [P.]- 



e,f. (S ad. sk. Cookham, Berks, July R. B. Sliarpe, Esq. [P.]. 



30, Aug. 29. 



g,h. Ad. ; i. Pull. sk. Cambridgeshire. Mr. J. Baker [C.]. 



k. 5ad.sk. Taurus mountains, Asia E. Godmnn and 0. Salvin, 



Minor, Mar. 25 (C. G. Esqrs. [P.J. 



Danfvrd). 



/. Ad. sk. Syria. Dr. Staudinger [C.]. 



m. c?, w. 5 ad. sk. Palestine. Canon Tristram [C.]. 



o. Ad. sk. Egypt, March 1. J. H. Gm'nev, jun. fP.]. 



J). Ad. sk. Egypt (Dr. Christie). G. Tinnbull," Esq. [P.]. 



g. d" ad. sk. Nubia. Dr. Leith Adams [P.]. 



r. Ad. sk. Egyptian Nubia R. B. Sharpe, Esq. 



( Verreau.v). 



». Skeleton. Purchased. 



The synonymy of the Siberian form is as follows : — 



