6. LTJSCISIOLA. 131 



inch shorter than the longest. Length of wing 2-3 to 2-25 inches, tail 

 2-0 to 1-9, ciilmcn 0-4!J, tarsus OS. 



Nothing is known of the changes which may be produced by age, 

 season, or sex. 



But little is known of the geographical distribution of David's 

 Grass- Warbler — it having only been recorded from .S.E. Mongolia, 

 Northern and Western China. 



The British iluseum does not possess an example of this species. 

 I have examined the types in the Paris Museum, and have in my 

 collection one of the skins obtained by I'Abbe David. 



11. Lusciniola neglecta. 



Phylloscopus neglecta*, lliune, Iliis, 1870, p. 143 ; Blanf. East. Pars. 



ii. p. \&2 (1870) ; Seehvhm, Ibis, 1877, p. 99. 

 Phyllopneuste neglectus (Hume), Hume, Sfr. F. i. p. 19o (1873). 

 Lusciniola ueglecta, Seehohm, Ibis, 1880, p. 277. 



General colour of the upper parts earthy brovm, very slightly 

 suffused with green on the rump ; eye-stripe ill-defined, bufiish 

 white, and not extending far behind the eye ; lores and the 

 feathers behind the eye brown ; wing-coverts and quills brown, with 

 paler edges, the latter emarginated as far as the sixth quill ; tail- 

 feathers brown, with paler margins. Underparts, including the 

 axUlaries, pale bufiish white, darker on the breast and fianks ; inner 

 margin of quills very pale huffish white. Bill slender, PhyUoscopine, 

 both mandibles dark brown ; rictal bristles fairly developed. Third, 

 fourth, and fifth primaries longest ; second primary equal to the 

 eighth or ninth ; the exposed part of the bastard primary measures 

 0-6 inch. Tail shorter than the wing ; outside feathers 0-15 inch 

 shorter than the longest. Legs, feet, and claws dark brown. 

 Length of wing, male 2-05 inches, female 1-95 ; tail, male 1-7, female 

 1"6 : ciilmen 0'4. 



It is not known that the female differs from the male in colour. 

 In winter the upper paits fade into an almost neutral grc}-. 



The breeding-place of Hume's Grass-Warbler is unknown. It 

 winters in Scinde and Baluchistan. 



a. (S ad. sk. West of Nechar district, Henry Seebohm, Esq. [P.]. 

 Scinde, December 20 

 ( W. T. Blanf urd). 



12. Lusciniola flaviventris. 



Ilorornis flaviventris, //oJ(/s. MS. JJratcings (in the Brit. Mus.) of 

 B. of Xepal, I'asseres, pi. (>.3rt. fig. 1, no. 849, inule Hodr/s. Grai/'s 

 Zool. Misc. p. 82 (1844, descr. >inH.)- Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 31 ; 

 &/•«)/, Cat. Mamm. ^-c. Xepal Coll. Hodys. p. C4 (1846) ; Bp. 

 Con'sp. i. p. 290 (18.50) ; Jerdon, B. Ind. ii. p. 102 (1863). 



Eegulus flaviventris (Hodgs.), Graij, Gen. B. i. p. 172 (18^18). 



Calamodvta flaviventris (Hodgs.), Grag, Hand-l. B. i. p. 208. no. 

 2951 (1809). 



General colour of the upper parts russet-brown ; eye-stripe pale 



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