Collection of Birds from Lankoran. 427 



Sylvia nisoria. 



Sylvia atricapilla. 



Four male Blackcaps and one female are interesting as 

 confirming the identification of Menetries. East Persia 

 appears to be the eastern limit of the range of this species ; 

 but the Barred Warbler is found throughout Russian 

 Turkestan. 



Sylvia fuscipilea. 



Curruca cinerea, var. joersica, Filippi^ Viagg. Pers. pp. 162, 

 348 (1865). 



Sylvia cinerea, ^.fuscipilea, Severtzow, Journ. Orn. 1875, 

 p. 176. 



An example of the eastern form of the Whitethroat is in- 

 teresting. It seems to me to be fairly entitled to subspecific 

 rank. It is slightly larger than our bird (wing 3 inches) ; 

 the general colour of the upper parts is darker and greyer, 

 especially on the head and neck, and the chestnut on the 

 wing-coverts is much duller. I have three examples, obtained 

 by Tancre's collectors in the Altai Mountains; Prjevalski 

 obtained it in the Eastern Thian-Shan range, Severtzow 

 found it in Turkestan, and various collectors have obtained 

 it in Persia. In the two latter countries our bird also 

 appears. 



Sylvia curruca. 



An example of the Lesser Whitethroat belongs to the 

 western and not to the eastern form. The second primary 

 is intermediate in length between the fifth and sixth. 



Sylvia mystacea. 



Three males and a female of Bowman^s Warbler are very 

 interesting, being in full breeding-plumage. Neither Blan- 

 ford-'s plate of Sylvia rubescens {' Eastern Persia,^ ii. pi. xii.) 

 nor Dresser^s plate of Sylvia momus {' Birds of Europe,^ ii. 

 pi. Ixiii.) do justice to this beautiful bird, which has the 

 black head of »S^. melunocephala, and the vinous red breast 

 and throat of S. subalpina. 



