118 TTJRDID^. 



■webs edged witli pale olivaceous brown ; tail brown, the outside 

 edges of the feathers jialer, each feather having a broad, obscurely 

 defined pale tip. Chin, throat, and centre of belly nearly white, 

 shading into pale ochraceous bi'owu on the breast and llauks, and 

 into greyish white on the under tail-coverts ; frequently a few ob- 

 scure traces of spots on the lower throat, generally a few stripes on 

 the tlauks, and always well-defined dark-brown centres to the under 

 tail-coverts; axillaries and under wing-coverts pale buff; inner 

 margin of quills pale brown. Bill typically Locustelline, upper 

 mandible dark brown, under mandilde pale horn-colour ; rictal 

 bristles obsolete. Wiugs with the third primary longest ; second 

 primary in two skins between the third and fourth, in one equal to 

 the fourth, in three between the fourth and fifth, in two equal to the 

 fifth, and in two between the fifth and sixth ; bastard primary very 

 small, but occasionally extending slightly beyond the primary- 

 coverts. Tail slightly shorter than the wing, the outside feathers 0-6 

 to 0'8 inch shorter than the longest, and shorter than the under tail- 

 coverts. Legs, feet, and claws pale horn-colour. Length of wing 

 2-4 to 2-05 inches, tail 2-25 to 1-85, culmen 056 to 0-48, tarsus 0-75. 



It is not known that the sexes difier in plumage. After the 

 autumn moult the spots on the back are somewhat less clearly de- 

 fined. Birds of the year appear to be unknown. 



The Siberian Grasshopper Warbler is supposed to breed in South- 

 western Siberia from the Ural Mountains to Tiu^kestan, and to winter 

 in the plains of India. 



a. J ad. sk. Eta wah, N.W. India Hem-y Seehohra, Esq. [P.]. 



Mar. 24, ]870 {Brooks). 



8. Locustella lanceolata. 

 Sylvia lanceolata, Temm. Man. d'Orn. iv. p. 614 (1840); Werner, 



Atlas, Insediv. App. pi. 10 (1842). 

 Cisticola lanceolata ( Temm.), Durazzo, Ucc. Lig. p. 35 (1840). 

 Salicaria lanceolata {Temm.), Schleg. Hev. Grit. p. xxx (1844). 

 Calamodyta lanceolata {Temm.), Gray, Gen.. B. i. p. 172 (1848); 



Bp. a.nsp. i. p. 287 (18o0j ; Gray, Haml-l. B. i. p. 210. no. 2970 



(1869) ; Fritsch, Vog. Em: p. 155 (1870j. 

 Locustella lanceolata {Temm.), Bp. Cat. Parzud. p. 6 (1850) ; Begl, 



et Gerbe, Orn. Eur. i. p. 531 (1867) ; Sicinh. P.Z. S. 1871, p. 354; 



Walden, Ibis, 1874, p. 139; Dresser, B. Eur. pt. xxxv. (1875); 



Tacz. Bull. Soc. Zool. France, p. 139 (1876) ; Uavid et Oust. Ois. 



Chine, p. 251 (1877) ; Hume, «/•. F. vi. p. 339 (1878). 

 Lusciniopsis hendersonii, Cassin, Proc. Fhil. Ac. Sci. p. 194 (1858). 

 Salicaria locustella, var. lanceolata {Temm.), Radde, Peis. Sibir., Vog. 



p. 206 (1803). 

 Locustella minuta, Siuinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 93. 

 Locustella macropus, Sivinh. P. Z. S. 1863, p. 93. 

 Locustella hendersonii (Cass.), ajmd Swinh. His, 1863, p. 444. 

 Calamodyta hendersonii {Cass.), Gray, Hand-l.B. i. p. 210. no. 2976 



(1869). 

 Locustella subsignata, Hume, Sir. F. i. p. 409 (1873). 

 General colour of the upper parts russet-brown, each feather 

 having a well-defined dark-brown centre ; lores and the feuther.s 

 behind the eye russet-brown, obscurely streaked ; eye-stripe nearly 



