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BRITISH HIKDS. 



[vol. IX. 



2nd usually equal to Sth. occa.sionally as long as 7th or as 

 short as 9th : 3rd to Sth emarginated outer webs. Bill tine 

 and conipre.ssed. Two or three short rictal bristles but no 

 nasal bristles. Nostrils uncovered. Tail much rounded, two 

 central pairs being longest and rest graduated, outermost 

 9-11 mm. shorter than central pair. 



Characters and allied forms. — L. m. mimica (west 

 Turkestan, Persia) is larger and considerably paler brown 

 on upper-parts and whiter on nnder-parts. Superficially 



MOUSTACHEl) WARHI.Eli {Lusciuiota m. melavopu.jui,). 

 Shot at St. Leonards-on-Scii on April 12th, 1915. 



somewhat resembles Sedge- Wai'])ler but crown is blacker, 

 upper-parts more chestnut, eye-stripe whiter. under-i)arts 

 more rufous-buif not so yellowish, bill is more com])ressed 

 not so flat and wide, first primary is much larger and wing 

 much rounder, tail-feathers more graduated. 



H. F. Withers Y. 



OLIVACEOUS WARBLER IN SUSSEX. 



Mr. G. Bristow. of St. Leonards. ])r()Ught me in the flesh a 

 Warbler which ])roved on examination to be the Olivaceous 

 Warl)ler {Hypolais p. pallida). It was shot on May 2()th, 

 1915, close to Holmhurst. on the outskirts of Hastings and 

 St. Leonards. 1 am infdnncd tlial on dissection it proved 

 to be a male. Tho.mas Parkin. 



