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young female from Ghenneh, obtained in October, and a male 

 obtained at Dongola in April. 



Saxicola rostrata, Ehr, fol. aa, Tbe type of this species 

 is not in the collection ; but Ehrenberg describes it as differ- 

 ing from S. oenanthe in having a larger and longer bill. 

 Amongst the specimens of S. cenanthe there are many speci- 

 mens from the localities indicated having bills answering to 

 Ehrenberg's description. 



Sylvia semirufa, Ehr. fol. bh. Of this species there are 

 eight specimens from Lebanon and one from Egypt, all of 

 which agree with Ruticilla rvfiventris, Vieill., Gray, Hand- 

 list, no. 3161, but are, as a rule, smaller in size. 



Curruca stentorea, Ehr. fol. bb, will stand as Acroce- 

 phalus stentoreus (Ehr.), and is an excellent species. There 

 are two specimens, both labelled Turdus stentor, H. & Ehr., 

 one from Ins-Rasfakil and the other from Arabia, which mea- 

 sure as follows : — 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus. 



in. in. in. in. 



No. 305. Arabia 095 3-15 3 108 



306. Ins-RasfakU 093 335 3-15 I-IG 



Curruca pallida, Ehr., Curruca andromeda, Ehr., and 

 Curruca maxillaris, Ehr. fol. bb., are all referable to the 

 species commonly known as Hypolais elaica, Lind., Gray, 

 Hand-Kst, no. 3028, which will stand as Hypolais pallida 

 (Ehr.). There are two specimens from Egypt, three from 

 Nubia, three from Dongola, and one from Embukohl, the 

 measurements of which are — culmen 0*5 to 056 inch, wing 

 2-4 to 2-6, tail 1*9 to 2-06, tarsus 0'82 to 088. 



Curruca famula, Ehr. fol. bb,=Drym(£ca inguieta, Riipp., 

 Gray, Hand-hst, no. 2751. There are in the collection three 

 specimens — one from Egypt, and two from Arabia. 



Curruca viridula, Ehr. fol. bb. There are five specimens, 

 three of which have rather longer wings than the others, 

 which are undistinguishable from the common Willow- Wren 

 {Phylloscopus trochilus) ; and we cannot see that any differs 



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