32 Mr. A. Hume o?i Indian Ornithology. 



as a P/iT/llopneuste, remarking that it would have to be generically 

 separated. On reexamining the specimen, I do not doubt that it 

 is one of the Calamoherpinee, and may for the present be placed 

 amongst the Acrocephali, although it will, I believe, ultimately 

 have to form the type of a new genus. M. Verreaux furnishes 

 the following remarks: — "Except as regards the size, this 

 species much resembles Arundinax olivaceus ; it certainly is not 

 a Phyllopneuste, and has none of the characters of that genus, 

 while it has those of the Calamoherpime. I have never seen 

 this bird before ; it is not contained in our Museum ; and I have 

 not been able to find any notice of it anywhere. I think you 

 may describe it as new.^' I obtained this species in the Sut- 

 ledge Valley, in the interior of the Himalayas, not far from 

 Rampoor. 



581. Sylvia orphea. 



It has been a matter much disputed amongst ornithologists 

 in India whether the species we here have is identical with S. 

 orphea of Europe, or whether it is entitled to specific separation 

 under the name of S. jerdoni. M. Verreaux, after a careful 

 comparison, considers our bird to be the veritable S. orphea. 



t 582 bis. Sylvia cinerea, Lath. 



Amongst the birds collected by Dr. King at Aboo 1 observed 

 one, under date 24th September 1868, which appeared to me 

 not to be referable to either of the three species of Sylvia or 

 Curruca described by Dr. Jerdon. It was one, too, which re- 

 minded me more of our common Whitethroat than any of these 

 three species, of which I have many specimens from different 

 parts of India. M. Verreaux pronounces it to be S. cinerea. 

 It no doubt differs slightly from the English specimens I possess ; 

 but M. Verreaux remarks that he has observed similar slight 

 variations, seasonal or individual, in the European bird, which is 

 extremely common even in the gardens of Paris, and he does not 

 think that this Indian specimen can possibly be separated from 

 the European species. 



t 583 bis. Sylvia delicatula, Hartl. 



I was not certain whether the specimens referred by me to 



