140 TURDID^. 



Calamodyta cantans {Temm. et ScliL), Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 172 

 (1848)"; id Hand-l. B. i. p. 207. no. 2926 (1869). 



Calamodyta cantillans ( Tevim. et SchL), Gray, Gen. B. i. p. 172 

 (1848) ; id. Iland-l. B. i. p. 207. no. 29-31 (1869). 



Calamoherpe cantan.s (Temm. et ScJd.), Bp. Covsp. i. p. 285 (1850). 



CalanioLerpe cantillans {Temm. et SchL), Bp. Consp. i. p. 285 (1850). 



Herbivox cantans {Temm. et Sehl.), Siuinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 353. 



Ilomochlamys cantans {Temm. et SchL), Salvad. Ibis, 1873, p. 180. 



Cettia cantans {Temm. et SchL), Seehohn, Ibis, 1879, p. 36. 



General colour of the upper parts olive-brown, suffused with russct- 

 browTi on the rump and upper tail-coverts ; lores and the feathers 

 behind the eye brown ; eye-stripe greyish white, indistinct, but 

 passing over the ej'c almost to the nape ; wings and tail brown, 

 the outside webs edged with russet-brown. Underparts nearly 

 white, slightly suffused with pale huffish brown on the breast, flanks, 

 and under tail-coverts ; axillaries very pale yellow ; under wing- 

 coverts white ; inner margin of quills greyish white. Bill Sylviine ; 

 upper mandible dark brown, under mandible pale horn-colour, darker 

 towards the tip ; rictal bristles moderately developed. Wing mode- 

 rately rounded ; fourth, fifth, and sixth primaries nearly equal and 

 longest ; second primary about equal to the tenth ; bastard primary 

 rather more than half the length of the second primary. Tail equal 

 to or longer than the wing, the outside feathers 0-25 to 0-35 inch 

 shorter than the longest. Legs, feet, and claws pale horu-colour. 

 Length of wing 2-65 to 2-15 inches, tail 2-75 to 2-3, culmen 0-63 

 to 0*55, tarsus 1 to 0-83. 



The female differs from the male only in being smaller in size. 

 After the autumn moult the olive-brown of the upper parts has a 

 slight shade of rufous upon it, and the pale huffish brown of the 

 breast, flanks, and under tail-coverts is darker and more olive in 

 tone. The plumage of birds of the year is apparently unknown. 



The Japanese Bush-Warbler appears to be confined to Japan and 

 Formosa. It breeds on the mountains near Yokohama, and winters 

 in the plains. 



a. Ad. sk. Yokohama, Japan. H. Pryer, Esq. [C.]. 



h. Ad. St. Japan. Purchased. 



The synonymy of the intermediate form is as follows : — 



Cettia cantans minuta {Temm. et Swinh.). 



Calamoherpe minuta {Swinh.), Sivinhoe, Ibis, 1863, p. 306 {partim). 

 Herbivox minuta {Swinh.), Swinhoe, P. Z. S. 1871, p. 353 {partim). 

 Ilomoclilamvs minutus (Swinh.), Salvad. Ibis, 1873, p. 180 (partim) ; 



David et Oust. Ois. Oliine, p. 244 (IS77 , jjartim). 

 Arundinax davidianus, Verr. apud Sicinhoe, Ibis, 1874, p. 438. 



General colour of the upper parts olive-brown, sometimes shading 

 into russet-brown on the forehead. Tail equal to or shorter than 

 the wing. Length of wing 2-56 to 2-35 inches, tail 2-35 to 2-25, 

 culmen 6-6 to 0-55, tarsus 0-98 to 0-88. 



The Tormosan Bush-Warbler has been found at Chefoo, on the 



