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russet-brown ; lores, the feathers behind the eye, and the ear- 

 doverts dark brown ; eye-stripe greyish white, very distinct, and 

 losing itself at the nape ; wings brown, the ontside webs of the 

 quills margined with russet-brown ; wing-coverts, innermost secon- 

 daries, and tail dark brown, approaching black, edged with russet- 

 brown. Under^^arts nearly white, slightly tinged with russet-brown 

 on the breast, and more so on the flanks and thighs ; axillaries 

 and under wing-coverts white ; inner margin of quills pale brown. 

 Bill long and slender, not very wide at the base, dark bro^^•n, 

 approaching black, slightly paler at the base of the under mandible ; 

 rictal bristles very small. Wing rather short and blunt, and some- 

 what concaved ; third, fourth, and fifth primaries nearly equal and 

 longest ; second primary intermediate in length between the eighth 

 and ninth ; bastard primarj- less than half the length of the second, 

 measuring 0-55 to 0-65 inch. Tail shorter than the wing ; outside 

 feathers 0-4 inch shorter than the longest. Legs, feet, and claws 

 very dark brown. Length of wing 2--l:2 to 2-18 inches, tail 2-12 to 

 l-S, culmen 0-6 to 0-54, tarsus 0-8. 



The head of the female is slightly paler than that of the male. 

 After the autumn moult the underparts have less brown on the 

 breast and flanks ; but in birds of tJw year this is more developed, 

 leaving the chin, throat, and centre of belly alone nearly white. 



The Moustached Grass- Warbler appears to be a resident on both 

 shores of the MediteiTanean ; extending eastwards into Persia. In 

 Scinde and the North-west Provinces of India it appears to be only a 

 visitor during the cold season, probably breeding in Turkestan, 

 though Severtzoff does not record it from there. 



a, b. S ad. sk. Egypt (Capt. Shelletf). R. B. Shai-pe, Esq. 



c. 2 ad sk. Daiuietta, Eg^-pt, Mar. 2.3. Capt. Shellev [P.J. 



d. ? ad. sk. Shiraz, S. Persia, 4750 feet, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



Jime. 



e. Juv. sk. Shiraz, S. Persia, 7000 feet, W. T. Blanford, Esq. [C.]. 



June 26. 



7. CETTIA. „ 



Type. 



Cettia, Bonap. C'omp. List B. Ew. ^- X. Amer. p. 11 



(1838) C. cetti. 



Horeites, Hodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 30 C. brunneifrons. 



Horomis, Ifodgs. P. Z. S. 1845, p. 31 C. fortipes. 



Neornis, B/i/th, J. A. S. Ben//, xiv. pt. ii. p. 590 (1845, 



ex IIod(/s.) C. flavolivacea. 



Homochlamys, Salvad. Atti Ace. Sc. Tor. v. p. 510 



(1870) C. canturians. 



Ilerbivox, Sicinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 353 C. cantans. 



Urosphena, Sici)ihoe, Ibis, 1877, p. 205 C. squaniiceps. 



The genus Cettia contains a small groiip of Bush-Warblers, distin- 

 guished by having only ten tail-feathers. It forms a connecting link 

 between the sharp, flat-winged Sylviidie and the round concave- 

 winged Si/h'iidte. In some species the wing is not much concaved, but 

 in all it is very rounded. The first primary is always half the length 



