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olivaceis ; capite genisque castaneis ; suhtils flavo, oUvaceo tincto, 

 guld nitidi flavd ; alis cauddąue subths remigumąue pogoniis in- 

 ternis brunneis ; caudd minimd. 

 Long. tot. 31^ poli.; corporis, 2į; tarsi, 1. 

 Mandibula superior nigra, inferior alba ; pedes pallidi. 

 This bird is provisionally retained in the genus Sylvia ; but the 

 imperfect development of the tail, and the length and strength of the 

 toes, more particularly of the posterior one, •vvill probably at some 

 f u ture time render it the type of a new genus. 



SylviaBurkii. Sylv. corpore supra flavescenti-viridi, subths flavo ; 

 capite maculis elongatis irregularibus nigrescentibus duabus nebu- 

 loso ; alis prope flexuram seriebus duabus punctorum flavorum 

 obsoletorum fasciatis ; remigum pogoniis internis brunneis ; caudd 

 brunned vrceter rectricum externarum duarum pogoniis internis 

 albis. 

 Long. tot. 5 poli. ; corporis, 3 ; caudas, 2 ; tarsi, 4. 

 Mandibula superior nigrescens tomio apiceąue albis, inferior alba ; 

 pedes albescentes. 



Hab. apud Montes Himalayenses. 



This bird is named in honour of Dr. Burke, Inspector General 

 of Hospitals, Principal Medical Officer of the King's Army in In- 

 dia, by whom these birds were presented, and who has enriched the 

 Museum •vvith an extensive collection in ornithology from Northern 

 India. 



.^GiTALus FLAMMicEPS. -^g . cūpitc flammeo ; dorso scapulari- 

 busgue flavescenti-viridibus ; uropygio viridescenti-flavo ; alis flavo 

 viridi brunneo albidogue variis ; remigibus rectricibusque brun- 

 neis, pogoniis internis viridescentibus, ad apices albo ciliatis ; guld 

 flammed, inflavum ad pectus transeunte ; ventre flavescenti albido ; 

 alis subtus albis, nisi extern'k et inferne. 

 Long. tot. 34 poli. ; corporis, 2\ ; caudce, 1 -į- ; tarsi, 1 . 

 Rostrum nignrni, mandibulae superioris tomio nisi ad apicem albo ; 

 pedes nigri. Alee caudam longitudine subseąuantes ; remigibus 2dEl 

 3tiš,que longioribus. Caput subcristatum. 

 Hab. apud Montes Himalayenses. 



Two species of this genus are already known and described, j^g. 

 Smithii and JSg. pendulinus : the present therefore forms the third 

 of M. Boiė's subdivision. 



Genus Sylviparus. 



Rostrum parvulum, brevissimum, compressum nisi ad basin ; man- 

 dibulcE aeąuales, superior paululum ad apicem arcuata ; nares plumis 

 setaceis tectum. 



