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winji^s) being broad and shewing in strong contrast to their 

 blackish centres. On the otlier hand, the example a is 

 singularly dark, slightly speckled on the breast, and with 

 the margins of; the feathers of the back and wings brown 

 and dark russet-brown, instead of whitish-buff and pale 

 olive-brown. Indeed this last bird differs so markedly from 

 the others that it is difficult to believe that it belongs to the 

 same species. There are, however, several dark specimens 

 in the National Collection that agree perfectly with my 

 Manchurian skin, but these (known to the older authors 

 under the name of L. rubescens Blyth) were mostly procured 

 in winter. Perhaps they are all young birds ,• but if 

 immaturity is the explanation of this dark phase, it is some- 

 what curious to find it in an example killed as late as 

 June 8th, and in an individual that must necessarily have 

 passed through both the autumn and spring moults. 



Crossing from Japan to Vladivostock in June 1907, a 

 Grasshopper- Warbler came on board our steamer. It was 

 in such an exhausted condition that it allowed me to 

 approach within two or three feet of it, so close, in fact, 

 that I made several attempts to catch it in my hands. I 

 am confident that it belonged to the present species, which 

 is the more interesting as this Warbler was hitherto un- 

 recorded from Japan. 



23. LocusTELLA FASCTOLATA (Gray). Gray's Grasshopper- 

 Warbler. 



Tacz. p. 249 ; Dresser, p. 135 ; Hart. p. 545. 



a,b. S S • Khingau Mts., N. Manchuria, alt. 3800 ft. 

 June l\), 1908. 



c,d. $ S ' Khiugan Mts., N. Manchuria, alt. 3800 ft. 

 June 20, 1908. 



e. S- KhinganMts., N.Manchuria, alt. 3900 ft. June 26, 

 1908. 



/. S' Khingan Mts., N. Manchuria, alt. 4000 ft. June 27, 

 1908. 



Iris brown ; feet drab ; bill blackish-brown. 



Gray's Grasshopper-Warbler was probably breeding in 



