342 Messrs. Dresser and Blanford on 



CuRRUCA LEUcoMEL^NAj Ehr. fol. cc, resemblcs the young 

 of Sylvia rueppelli, except in the ari'angement of the quills, 

 and may probably be referable to that species. There is but 

 one specimen, from Arabia, in the collection, in very abraded 

 plumage and wanting the outer tail-feather on each side. It 

 measures culmen 0*59 inch, wing 2*75, tail 2'55, tarsus 0*83 ; 

 the first long primary measures about 0'8 inch shorter than 

 the second in one, and 0*85 in the other wing, and is about 

 06 inch longer than the wing-coverts; the third is 0*25 

 shorter than the fourth, which is about equal with the fifth 

 and sixth ; the seventh, eighth, and ninth quills are wanting 

 iu both wings ; the secondaries reach to within about 02 of 

 the end of the wing. 



Anthus brachycentrus, Ehr. fol. dd,=Anthus campestris, 

 Gray, Hand-list, no. 3635. There is but one specimen (No. 

 34), from Gumfudde, in the collection, which measures culmen 

 0*68 inch, wing 3*35, tail 2*78, tarsus 0'95, hind toe with 

 claw 0-75. 



Sphenura squamiceps, Ehr. fol. dd,= Crateropus squami- 

 ceps, Riipp., Gray, Hand -list, no. 4144. There are in the col- 

 lection two specimens, both from Arabia, one having been 

 obtained near Mecca. 



Sphenura erythroptera, Ehr. fol. dd, = Telephonus ery- 

 thropterus (Shaw), Gray, Hand-list, no. 6052. In the col- 

 lection are only two specimens, from Abyssinia, which are la- 

 belled Lanius frenatus , Licht. 



Saxicola xanthoprymna, Ehr. fol. dd, is a young bird of 

 Saxicola erythropygia, Taylor (Ibis, 1867, p. 61), which 

 name will accordingly drop into a synonym. This species 

 was described by Dresser (B. of Eur. part xvi.) under the 

 name of Saxicola mcesta, Licht., which latter, however, 

 we ascertained, on examining the type, to be the species 

 Usually known as S. philothamna, Tristr. There is but one 

 specimen, from Nubia, in the collection. 



Sylvia tites, /3. campylonyx, Ehr. fol. dd. There is but 



