214 svi,\ mi r. 



4. Taplow. Gould Coll. 



6. New Forest (H. Saunders). Seebohm Coll. 



5. Alton, Hants, May. Crowley Bequest. 



(i. Hampstead, Middlesex (O. S.), Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Finchley, Middlesex (O. S.). Salvin-Godman Coll. 



4. Churt, .Surrey, May. Crowley Bequest. 



6. Clmrt, May. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Churt, Juue. Crowley Bequest. 



5. Valkenswaard, Holland, 23rd May Seebohni Coll. 



(C. B. Wharton # H. Seebohm). 



6. Pomerania, 27th May (T. Holland). Seebobm Coll. 



5. Stolp, Pomerania, 5th June (T. H.). Seebobm Coll. 



3. Saxony (Charbotmier : Hargitt Coll.). Seebohm Coll. 



4. Parnassus, Greece, lGth May ( T. Seebohm Coll. 



Kriijier) . 



3. Lebanon, Palestine, 16th June Crowley Bequest. 



(//. B. Tristram). 

 2. Mount Hermon, 16th May (H. B. T.). Crowley Bequest. 



Sylvia affinis, Bhjth. 

 (Plate X. fig. 3.) 



Sylvia affinis, Wardlato-Samsay, Ibis, 1880, p. 59; Seebohm, Cat. Birds 

 B. M. v. p. 19 (1881); Oates, Fauna Brit. Ind., Birds, i. p. -YM 

 (1889); id. ed. Hume, Nests # Eggs Ind. Bird*, i. p. 257 (1889); 

 Sharpe, Hand-l. iv. p. 210 (1903). 



Sylvia curruca, Tacz. Faune Dm. Siber. Orient, i. p. 277, part. (1891). 



The eggs of the Indian Lesser Whitethroat are not separable 

 from those of S. curruca. The specimens in the Collection measure 

 from -65 to '75 in length, and from *47 to -55 in breadth. 



6. Astrachan. Seebobm Coll. 

 2. Afghanistan, 28th May (7i\ G. Seebohm Coll. 



Wardlaw-Ramsay). 



2. Afghanistan, 28th ' May (R. G. Seebohm Coll. 



W.-F. |. 



4. Afghanistan, 28th May (F. G. Seebohm Coll. 



W.-F.). 



3. Afghanistan, 28th May (F. G. Seebohm Coll. 



W.-F.). 



1. Kashmir, 24th May (W. E. Brooks: Crowley Bequest. 



Tristram ('< II. ). 



2. Kashmir, June (C. F. Cock: Tris- Crowley Bequest. 



tram Coll.). 



Sylvia mystacea, Menetrt 



(Plate X. fig. 4.) 



Curruca momus, Hempr. $ Ehr. Symb. Phys., Av. i. fol. bb (1833). 



Sylvia momus, Dresser, />'. Fur. ii. p. 407 (1880). 



Sylvia rubescens, Blanf. If/is, 1874, p. 77 ; id. Fast. Pers. ii. p. 177, pi. xii. 



(1876). 

 Sylvia mystacea, Seebohm, Cat. Birds B. M. v. p. 20 (1881); Sharpe, 



Hand-l. iv. p. 210 (1903;. 



