3. HYPOLAIS. 81 



p. 379 (1870); Dresser, B. Eur. pt. xxviii. (1874); Blanf. East. 



Pers. ii. p. lf>3 (1876). 

 Hyijolais upcheii, Tristram, P. Z. S. 1864, p. 438 ; id. Ibis, 1867, p. 81. 

 Sylvia u'pcheri {Ti^istratti), Gray, Hand -I. B. i. p. 215. no. 3046 (1869). 

 Sylvia mt^gnirostris, Hevtrtz. Twkest. Jevotn. pp. ^o, 123 (1873). 

 Acrocephalus sogdianeiisis, Dresser, Itis, 1874, p. 420. 

 Eleophonus lauguida {^Hempr. et Ehr.), Severtz. Stray Feath. iii. 



p. 427 (1875). 



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

 upper parts, including the lower ear-coverts and sides of the neck, is 

 brownish grey ; a very indistinct eye-slripe extends from the base 

 of the bill, and can cccaisionally be traced beliind the eye ; the 

 quills are brown, narrowly tipped and edged with greyish white ; 

 the wing-coverts and innermost secondaries are more broadly edged 

 with gi'cyer white; tail-feathers brown, narrowly margined with 

 greyish white, outside feathers broadly tipped with white, the 

 white tips gradually becoming narrower untU they are lost alto- 

 gether ou the two centre feathers ; very indis'.inct traces of trans- 

 verse bars generally ob.servable on the tail-featheis. The under- 

 parts are i ale huffish white, shading into nearly pui'e white on the 

 chin, throat, and centre of the belly, and into pale blown on the 

 flanks; axillaiics, under wing-coveits, and thighs huffish white; 

 inner margin of quills very pale brown. Bill Acroceplialine ; upper 

 mandible dark hrown, under mandible pale horn-colour ; rictal bristles 

 small, ^^'ing with the thiid and fourth priniaiies nearly equal and 

 longest, and tlie second intermediate in length between the fifth and 

 sixth, in lare instances equal to the sixth; bastard piimary narrow 

 and generally pointtd, usually falling short of the primary- coverts 

 by at least -Oo inch, but occasionalh- extending that distance beyond 

 fbem. Legs, feet, and claws dark brown. Length of wing 3*05 

 to 2-8 inches, tail 2-6 to 2-4, culmen 0-7 to U-6, tarsus 0-85; 

 outside tail-featiicTs O'lo shorter than the longest. 



The female scarcely difieis from the male. After the autumn 

 moult the faded summer dress is replaced by a plumage scarcely 

 differing from that of spring. It is not known that birds of the 

 year jiresent any pcculiaritits of plumage. 



Lpcher's Tree "Waibler hrc x ds in Palestine, Syria, Egypt, Northern 

 Abyssinia, South-eastern Persia, Baluchistan, and Turkestan. It 

 is not known whether its migrations extend beyond leaving the 

 momtains, where it has been found up to an elevation of 5000 

 feet, for the plains. In Turkestan it is certainly only a summer 

 visitor. 



a. (5 ad. sk. Rairo, Abvssinia, Aug. 13 E. B. Sbaipe, Esq. 



{Je.^e). ' 



b. 2 ad. sk. Lebka vallev, Bogos, W. T. Blanford, Esq. rc.l. 



1200 feet.' 



c. d. Ad. sk. Bogcs. Mr. Esler [C.]. 



e. S ad. sk. East of Shiraz, S. Persia, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.l. 



50C0 feet, June 3. 

 /. $ ad. sk. Bam, S.E. Persia, 4000 W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



feet, April 25. 



