Hemprich and Ehrenberg's Types. 341 



in the Hemp. & Ehr. collection three specimens from Abys- 

 sinia, types of Aedon minor, Cab., and four from Egypt, all 

 of which we find to agree closely with Aedon galactodes. 



CuRBUCA LANGUiDA, Ehr. fol. cc, is a good species, identical 

 with Hypolais upcheri, Tristr., and will stand as Hypolais lan- 

 guida (Ehr.) . There is only one specimen in the collection, 

 from Syria, which measures culmen 0*62 inch, wing 2*95, 

 tail 2-43, tarsus 0-92. 



CuRRUCA ORPHEA, var. HELENA, Ehr. fol. cc, differs from 

 our common European Sylvia orphea in having a longer bill, 

 and is the eastern form of that species [Sylvia jerdoni) . There 

 are in the collection three specimens, measuring as follows : — 



Culmen. Wing. Tail. Tarsus, 



in. in. in. in. 



No. 453. Syria 0-71 3-1 26 0-92 



454. Arabia 075 3-15 275 102 



455. do 0-74 3-18 2-67 1-0 



Saxicola vittata, Ehr. fol. cc, is an excellent and very dis- 

 tinct species. There is but one specimen, from Moileh, which 

 agrees precisely with the figure of Saxicola leucolcema, Antin. 

 & Salvad. Att. R. Accad. Sci. Tor. \iii. p. 32 & pi. (1872). 



Saxicola erythr^a, Ehr. fol, cc. There is but one speci- 

 men in the collection, from Arabia, ia immature plumage, 

 agreeing closely vnih the type of S. halophila, Tristr. It is 

 labelled Saxicola lugens, Licht. For full particulars respect- 

 ing this species, vide Dresser, ' Birds of Europe,' part xxv. 



Curruca fusca, Ehr. fol. cc, agrees with ordinary typical 

 specimens oi Acrocephalus streperm (Vieill.). 



Curruca nana, Ehr. fol. cc. The types from Tor and 

 Djeddah agree with Sylvia delicatula, Hartl. (Ibis, 1859, 

 p. 340, pi. X.), which name will accordingly sink into a syn- 

 onym. 



Curruca platystoma, Ehr. fol. cc. There is but one spe- 

 cimen, from Arabia, in the collection, which is undistinguish- 

 able from Phylloscopus bonellii, Vieill., Gray, Haud-list, 

 no. 3033. 



