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tail-feathers being darker, and not so rufous as the others, 

 and in the spurious primary being nearly obsolete. 



Entire length 7 inches ; cidmen 0"6 ; wing, carpus to tip, 

 3"5 ; tarsus Tl. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pi. 117. 



36. Bradypterus Cettii (Marm.). Cettis Warbler. 



Keyserling and Blasius mention this Warbler as occurring 

 in Egypt ; and Von Heuglin (Orn. N. 0. Afr. p. 274) states 

 that he has seen it there in the corn-fields. 



Entire upper plumage russet-brown, with a rather clear 

 white eyebrow ; throat, centre of the chest, and abdomen 

 white, inclining to brown on the flanks and under tail- 

 coverts ; beak brown, shading to flesh-coloiu* on the lower 

 mandible ; legs pale brown ; irides brown. 



Wing — first or spurious primary very large ; second one 

 equal to the tenth ; fourth, fifth, and sixth nearly equal and 

 the longest. 



Entire length 5"5 inches; culmen 0*45; wing, carpus to 

 tip, 2*4 ; tarsus 0"85. 



Fig. Gould, B. of Eur. pis. 114, 115. 



37. PsEUDOiiUSCiNiA LUSCiNioiDES (Savl). Savis Warbler. 



This Warbler is resident in Egypt, tolerably abundant, and 

 generally distributed. It usually frequents the corn-fields, 

 selecting the spots where the crop grows most luxuriantly ; and 

 it may also be found in the reedy marshes of the Delta and 

 Fayoom, where I have frequently seen it, and occasionally 



