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d. d" ad. sk. Sihwan district, Scinde, W. T. Blanford, Esq. TP 1 



Jan. 1877. ^ ^ ^ 



f. ? ad. sk. Umarkot, Scinde, Jan. 2-3, W. T. Blanford, Esq. rP.l. 



1877. ' H L J 



15. Sylvia subalpina. 



Sylvia subalpina, Bonelli, fde Temm. Man. d'Oni. i. p. 214 (1820) ; 



Mei/ei; Taschenh. Zus. u. Ber. p. 9.i (1822) ; Bp. Comp. List B. 



Eur. Sf N. Amei: p. 14 (1838) ; Keys. u. Bias. JFirb. Ear. p. 186 



(1840); Graji, Gen.B. i. p. 174 (1848); Bp. Cmy}. i. p. 294 (1850); 



Cab. Mus. Hein. i. p. .3-5 (1850); Jauh. et Barth.-Lapomm. Rich. 



Orn. p. 246 (1859); Linderm. Vor/. Griechenl. p. 99 (1860); Dubois, 



Ois. Eur. pi. 07 (1862); Grni/, Hand-l. B. i. p. 212. m). 3006 (l8i')9); 



Heuyl. Orn. N.O.-Afr. i. p.'304 (1869) ; Fntsch, Vog. Eur. p. 175 



(1870) ; Salvad. Faun. Ital. Ucc. p. 102 (1871) ; Sharpe, Cat. Afr. 



B. p. 35 (1871); S/ie'ley, B. Eyypt, p. 109 (1872) ; Dresser, B. Ear. 



pt. xhv. (1875) ; Irby, B. Gibr. p. 87(1875) ; Blanf. East. Pers. ii. 



p. 180 (1876). 

 Sylvia leucopojion, Meyer, Taschenh. Zus. u. Ber. p. 91 (1822). 

 Curmca subalpina (Temm.), Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 55;!; Der/l. et Gerbe, 



Orn. Eur. i. p. 482 (1867) ; Doderl. Avif. 8icil. p. 12l"(1869). 

 Curruea leupogon, Boie, Isis, 1822, p. 553. 



Alsaicus leiieopoo-on {Meyer), lump, Natibi. Syst. p. 108 (1829). 

 Curruea leucop( gon, Gould, B. Eur. pi. 124 (1837). 

 Sylvia pa-^serina, Temm. a/md Crespon, Orn. Gard. p. 137 (1840). 

 Curruea albistriata, Brehm, Voye'f. p. 229 (1855). 

 Sylvia albi.stri ita, Brehm, Naum'. 1855, p. 283. 

 Stoparola subalpina {Temm.), Bp. Cat. Parzud. p. 6 (1856); Loche. 



Expl. Sci. A/yer., Ois. p. 243 (1807). 

 Duiueticola subalpina {Temm.), Homeyer, Journ. Orn. 1862, p. 279. 



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

 upper parts is slate-grey ; wings brown, with narrow pale edges to 

 the coverts, and broader pale edges to the innermost secondaries ; 

 tail brown, with more or less white on three or four of the outside 

 feathers on each side; chin, throat, and breast chestnut, shading 

 into pale chestnut on the flanks, and into nearly white on the 

 centre of the belly and under tail- coverts ; a narrow white line ex- 

 tends from the base of the bill towards the shoulder, separating the 

 chestnut of the underparts from the grey of the upper parts ; axil- 

 laries pale vinous grey. Under wing-coverts pale grey, with darker 

 centres ; inner margin of quills pale grey, with a slight chestnut 

 tint. Bill of typical shape, dark brown, the louver mandible pale 

 at the base; rictal bristles few and slender. AViiig with the third 

 and fourth primaries nearly equal and longest; second primary 

 usually intermedi;ite in length between the fifth and sixth, occa- 

 sionally between the fourth and fifth ; bastard primary very'small, 

 sometimes equal to the primary-coverts, sometimes extending 0-05 

 inch beyond them. Tail slioi ter than the wing, the outside feathers 

 0-2 inch shorter than the longest. Legs, feet, and claws pale 

 brown. Length of wing 2-45 to 2-25 inches, tail 2-25. to 2-0, cul- 

 raen 0-49 to 0-4, tarsus 0-7"). 



The female differs from the male in liaving the slate-grey of the 



