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4. Taplow. 



6. New Forest {H. Saunders). 



5. Alton, Hants, May. 



6. Hampstead, Middlesex (O. S.). 

 4. Finchley, Middlesex (0. S.). 



4. Cburt, Surrey, May. 

 6. Churt, May. 



5. Churt, June. 



6. Valkenswaard, Holland, 23rd May 



(C. B. Wharton ^- H. Seebohm). 

 5. Pomerania, 27th May {T. Holland). 

 5. Stolp, Pomerania, 5th June {T. H.). 



3. Saxony ( Charhonnier : Hargitt Coll.). 



4. Parnassus, Greece, 16th May {T. 



Kriiper). 

 3. Lebanon, Palestine, 16th June 



(H. B. Tristram). 

 2. Mount Hermon, 16th May (If. B. T.). 



Gould Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Salvin-Godman Coll. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Crowley Bequest. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 

 Seebohm Coll. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Crowley Bequest. 



Sylvia affinis, Bhjth. 

 (Plate X. fig. 3.) 



Sylvia aiBnis, Wardlaiv-Ramsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 59; Seebohm, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. V. p. 19 (1881) ; Gates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. 397 

 (1889) ; id. ed. Hume, Nests ^ Eggs Ind. Birds, i. p. 257 (1889); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 210 (1903). 



Sylvia curruca, Tacz. Fuune Orn. Siber. Orient, i. p. 277, part. (1891). 



The eggs of the Indian Lesser Whitethroat are not separable 

 from those of S. curruca. The specimens in the Collection measure 

 from '65 to "75 in length, and from -47 to '55 in breadth. 



Sylvia mystacea, Menetr. 



(Plate X. fig. 4.) 



Curruca momus, Hempr. Sf Ehr. Symb. Phys., Av. i. fol. bb (1833). 



Sylvia momus, Dresser, B. Eur. ii. p. 407 (1880). 



Sylvia rubescens, Blanf. Ibis, 1874, p. 77 ; id. East. Pers. ii. p. 177, pi. xii. 



(1876). 

 Sylvia mystacea, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 20 (1881) ; Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 210 (1903). 



