542 Mr. H. F. Witlierby— Ornithological 



The darker colour of H. rama and the wing-formula dis- 

 tinguish it easily, I think, from H. pallida. My specimens 

 are grey, even for H. pallida, on the upper parts. 



The specimens in the British Museum from Fao identified 

 by Dr. Sharpe as H. obsoleta should have been referred to 

 this species. 



The Olivaceous Warbler was especially common in the 

 more or less cultivated valleys. I did not notice it in the 

 oak-woods nor above an altitude of 5000 ft. In the gardens 

 at Shiraz it was nesting in the rose-bushes at the beginning 

 of May, and its soft rambling song was to be heard on all 

 sides. Four eggs were in several cases a full clutch. 



67. Hypolais languida (Hempr. & Ehr.) ; Blanf. t. c. 

 p. 183; Sharpe, Ibis, 1891, p. 108. 



154, 302, 324, 383, 406. Ad. 



Upcher's Warbler was fairly common where there were 

 bushes either growing amongst the oak-woods or in more 

 barren country. I did not observe it, however, below an 

 altitude of 6500 ft. A nest found on May 30th at that 

 altitude contained four eggs on the point of hatching. The 

 nest was placed in a thorn-bush about three feet from the 

 ground, and the eggs when taken were of a delicate mauve 

 ground-colour. 



68. LlTSCINIOLA MELANOPOGON M1MICA. 



Lusciniola mimica Madardsz, Vorl. u. e. neuen Rohrsanger, 

 1903. 



Calamodus melanopogon (Temra.); Blanf. t. c. p. 198. 



125. c?ad.; 126. <J ad. April 7th, Dasht-i-arjan (7000 ft.). 



254. $ ad. April 26th, near Kherak (7000 ft.) . 



Specimens of the Moustached Warbler from India and 

 Persia are larger, much less rufous, and paler than speci- 

 mens from Europe and Asia Minor. They are also more 

 striated on the crown, and olivaceous rather than rufous on 

 the flanks. Egyptian birds are somewhat intermediate, but 

 should, I think, be referred to the western form. 



I saw this bird only in places where there were thick reed- 



