576 Miss D. M. A. Bate on some 



Ornithologists Club/ it differs from the typical form in 

 being more extensively barred on both the upper and under 

 surface, while the tail is only slightly more rufous than the 

 back, and in the general brown colour of the upper parts 

 and flanks being of a more chestnut shade. It may be 

 described as follows : — 



Head, neck, and back reddish brown, the mantle, entire 

 back, and wing-coverts marked with irregular dusky black 

 bars. Rump and tail only slightly more rufous than the 

 back, the tail marked with slightly irregular dark brown 

 bars, of which there are about nine visible on the central 

 feathers. Lores and ear-coverts lighter than the crown of 

 the head, the latter having darker markings to the feathers. 

 There is also a distinct light eyebrow. Chin, throat, breast, 

 and abdomen pale brownish white, the throat slightly marked 

 with dusky bars, the rest of the under parts crossed by narrow 

 transverse bars of dusky black ; under tail-coverts similar, 

 but having strongly marked white tips to the feathers. 

 Flanks and axillaries washed with rufous brown. Primaries 

 dark brown, the outer web darkest and crossed by transverse 

 bars of pale brownish white, v>hich are visible on the under 

 surface. The metacarpal region and under wing-coverts 

 brownish white with narrow, dark brown bars. lridcs 

 brown, legs and feet light brown. Total length 37 inches ; 

 wing 2"8; tail 1'3; culmen 0'55 ; tarsus 0'(J5. 



One immature specimen is of a much darker colour 

 throughout, and the dusky transverse bars extend over the 

 entire under parts ; it closely resembles some of the 

 specimens of T. neglectus in the British Museum. 



This Wren I found plentiful on Troodos, particularly 

 among the bracken and low bushes by the streams close to 

 Government House and near the government offices, which are 

 about 5300 ft. above the level of the sea. Its range appears 

 to be restricted, for on the southern slopes of the hills I 

 never found it below about 3500 ft., between Kato Platraes 

 and Mandria. At about the same height on the northern 

 side of the range I was told that a nest of this species had 

 been found near Kalapanyoti. 



