122 TTIEDrD^. 



Calaraoherpe aedon (Pall), Stvinhoe, P. Z. S. 1863, p. 294. 



Salicaria aedon (Pall.), Dijbuiu. u. Parre.v, Joiirn. Orn. 1868, p. -S-SS. 



Calamodyta aedon (Pall.)', Gray, Hand-l. B. i. p. 208. no. 29.39(1869). 



Arundiuax aedon (Pall.), Swinhue, P. Z. 6'. 1871, p. uoo ; Tacz. Journ, 

 Orn. 1872, p. 3.>3 ; Waldm, Ibis, 1873, p. 307 ; Blyth 4- Walden, 

 B. Burm. p. 104 (1875J ; Tacz. Bull. Sue'. Zool. France, ii. p. 137 

 (1876) ; Prjev. Roivleifs Orn. Misc. 1877, p. 169 ; l)avid et Oust. 

 Ois. Chine, p. 254 (1877). 



General colour of the upper parts olive-brown, slightly paler on 

 the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lores pale huffish brown ; no e_ye- 

 strijie ; wings and tail brown ; all the wing-coverts and quills 

 narrowly edged with pale olive-brown on the outside webs. Under- 

 parts pale huffish whitt', shading into pale buff on the breast, flanks, 

 thighs, and under tail-coverts ; axilluries and under wing-coverts 

 buff; inner margin of quills pale huffish brown. Bill short and 

 thick, but wide at base ; upper mandible dark brown, under man- 

 dible pale horn-colour; rictal bristles well developed. Wing rather 

 short and blunt ; third and fourth primaries nearly equal and 

 longest ; second primary generally intermediate in length between 

 the seventh and eighth, occasionally longer than the seventh ; 

 bastard primary U'8 to 0'9 inch. Tail longer than the wing, the out- 

 side feathers from 0-7 to I'D inch shorter than the longest. Legs, 

 feet, and claws brown. Length of wing3-3 to3'0 inches, tail3"o to 

 3-1, culmen 0-8 to 0*7, tarsus 1-15 to 1-U5. 



The female does not appear to difl'er from the male. After the 

 autumn moult both the upper and under parts are suffused with 

 russet-brown, which is still more pronounced in birds of the year. 



Pallas's Grass-Warbler breeds in South-eastern Siberia and ^orth 

 China, wintering in India, Burma, and the Andaman Islands. It is 

 also found in ]N^epal, and may possibly breed there at high elevations. 



a. Ad. sk. India. Dr. Jerdon [P.]. 



(Type of Plirnqamidicola olivacea, Jard.) 



h, c. Ad. sk. India. J. Gould, Esq. [P.]. 



d, e. Ad. sk. Nepal. B. H. Hodgson, Esq. [P.]. 



/". Ad. sk. N.W.India. Capl. StackhousePinwill[P.]. 



g. J ad. sk. S. Andaman Isles, Dec. E. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



2Q(Capt.. Wimherley). 



h. e ad. sk. Dauria, Nov. 27 (Ur. H. B. Sharpe, Esq. [P.]. 



Uybuwsky). 



2. Lusciniola gracilirostris *. 



? La Caqueteuse, Leiaill. Ois. d'Afr. iii. pi. 121. fig. 1, p. 90 (1802) ; 



iinde 

 ? Sylvia babjEcala, Fieill. N. Diet. d'Hist. Nat. xi. p. 172 (1817) ; 



Siindev. K. Sv. Vet.-Ak. Handl. 1857, p. 37. 

 ? Calamoherpe loquax, Buie, fide Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 172 (1848). 

 ? Cakniodyta bab.Bfula ( Vieill.), Gray, Gen. B. 1. p. 172 (1848) ; 



Layard,'lbis, 1869, p. 365. 



* There seems to be considerable circunislantial evidence (from locality &c.) 

 that this bird is the " Ciiqueteiise " of Levaillant, but it is difficult to reconcile the 

 discrepancies in the dcscTi]ition. Under all circumstances it cannot be denied 

 that Dr. Hartlaub was the first author who " cleai-ly defined " this species. 



